National Book Awards 2019 longlist announced for fiction category | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

National Book Awards 2019 longlist announced for fiction category | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Published: September 22, 2019 4:39:58 pm

National Book Awards 2019 longlist announced for fiction category

Authors like William Faulkner, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, John Updike and Philip Roth have been previous recipients of this prize.

The list includes 10 books in the Fiction category. (Source: Amazon.in)

The National Book Award, one of the four annual National Book Awards that honours American writers for their work, has announced its long list for the fiction category. The list includes 10 books: Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons, The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, The Need by Helen Phillips, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips, and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.