Copied below is what was put out by Barnes and Noble today. I am feeling quite ashamed to admit that I have read none of the nominated books on this longlist. Which means when the shortlist is announced, I will not have read any...unless I can get some read before the shortlist is revealed. Of course, then it is a guess (for me) which ones will be on the shortlist, so how do I know which to read before then??? Let me know if you have read any of these and tell me your recommendations!
"Book award season is upon us! Last week, under a new set of rules, the National Book Awards released four nominee longlists for the first time ever. This is fantastic news for book-lovers, as it gives us a chance to sample the work of double the authors. Without further ado, the talented authors who were recognized by the association:
Fiction:
Nonfiction:
- Pacific, by Tom Drury
- The End of the Point, by Elizabeth Graver
- The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner
- The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, by Anthony Marra
- The Good Lord Bird, by James McBride
- Someone, by Alice McDermott
- Bleeding Edge, by Thomas Pynchon
- Tenth of December: Stories, by George Saunders
- Fools: Stories, by Joan Silber
- Finding Florida: The True Story of the Sunshine State, by T.D. Allman
- Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami, by Gretel Ehrlich
- The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA, by Scott C. Johnson
- Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, by Jill Lepore
- Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, by Wendy Lower
- Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865 by James Oakes
- The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, by George Packer
- The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, by Alan Taylor
- Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, by Terry Teachout
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright"
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