The longlist for the 2015 National Book Award in fiction was published on Thursday, completing this week’s round of announcements that also revealed selections in non-fiction, poetry and literature for young readers.
The fiction list includes three story collections (Refund, Fortune Smiles, Honeydew) and two debut novels (The Turner House, Did You Ever Have a Family). Hanya Yanagihara continued her good week with a nod for A Little Life, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday. Another highly buzzed-about book, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ influential Between the World and Me, was longlisted in the non-fiction category.
Here’s the complete longlist in all four categories:
Fiction:
Non-fiction:
Poetry:
Young people’s literature:
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