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2026 National Book Award Fiction longlist

  1. 1

    Paradiso 17

    Hannah Lillith Assadi · 2026

  2. 2

    Red Ants

    Kimberly Blaeser · 2026

  3. 3

    Dèy

    Edwidge Danticat · 2026

  4. 4

    Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You

    Julián Delgado Lopera · 2026

  5. 5

    Python's Kiss

    Louise Erdrich · 2026

  6. 6

    The Disappearers

    Marlon James · 2026

  7. 7

    Beginning Middle End

    Valeria Luiselli · 2026

  8. 8

    Passengers

    Alexander Maksik · 2026

  9. 9

    The Renovation

    Kenan Orhan

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The ten books longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction.

The complete longlist in published author-alphabetical order, not a ranking. Five finalists were announced October 6, 2026; no winner had been announced at the October 14 research date. This collection does not imply National Book Foundation endorsement.

Source: https://www.nationalbook.org/longlist-for-the-2026-national-book-award-for-fiction/

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Paradiso 17 — Hannah Lillith Assadi
  2. Red Ants — Kimberly Blaeser
  3. Dèy — Edwidge Danticat
  4. Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You — Julián Delgado Lopera
  5. Python's Kiss — Louise Erdrich
  6. The Disappearers — Marlon James
  7. Beginning Middle End — Valeria Luiselli
  8. Passengers — Alexander Maksik
  9. The Renovation — Kenan Orhan
  10. Mad Eden — Morgan Thomas