2013 National Book Award Longlist (40 books)

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Each year the National Book Foundation selects a longlist of books in four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Fiction. The National Book Award will be given to one book in each category on November 20. Who do you think should win? Tell us!

National Book Award Winners

National Book Award Short List:
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

National Book Award Long List:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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1	Tenth of December by George Saunders 3.98 avg rating — 85,148 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Black Aperture: Poems by Matt Rasmussen 4.32 avg rating — 1,114 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Pacific by Tom Drury 3.74 avg rating — 788 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver (Goodreads Author) 3.21 avg rating — 2,277 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 25,244 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri 3.88 avg rating — 97,944 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 56,636 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 39,850 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Someone by Alice McDermott 3.79 avg rating — 20,278 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon 3.63 avg rating — 14,745 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Fools: Stories by Joan Silber 3.75 avg rating — 982 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State by T.D. Allman 3.61 avg rating — 465 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami by Gretel Ehrlich 3.77 avg rating — 577 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA by Scott C. Johnson 3.36 avg rating — 337 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore 3.68 avg rating — 4,888 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Wendy Lower 3.61 avg rating — 6,191 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes 4.33 avg rating — 417 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer 4.13 avg rating — 12,577 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832 by Alan Taylor 4.16 avg rating — 796 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout 3.89 avg rating — 679 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 45,863 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Metaphysical Dog by Frank Bidart 3.98 avg rating — 765 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Bury My Clothes by Roger Bonair-Agard 4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Stay, Illusion: Poems by Lucie Brock-Broido 4.06 avg rating — 610 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	So Recently Rent a World: New and Selected Poems by Andrei Codrescu 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Brenda Hillman 3.66 avg rating — 131 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka 4.04 avg rating — 549 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	American Amnesiac by Diane Raptosh (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Transfer of Qualities by Martha Ronk 3.92 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Incarnadine: Poems by Mary Szybist 4.18 avg rating — 1,871 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 5,285 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 54,420 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	A Tangle of Knots (A Tangle of Knots, #1) by Lisa Graff 3.94 avg rating — 9,739 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 4,742 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata 3.68 avg rating — 5,392 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 49,112 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Far Far Away by Tom McNeal 3.87 avg rating — 8,947 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 4,563 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Real Boy by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 6,216 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,976 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars