Elizabeth's votes on the list 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

Listopia > Elizabeth's votes on the list 2025 National Book Awards Longlist (50 Books)

1	The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine 4.14 avg rating — 3,202 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	Flashlight by Susan Choi (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 10,977 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	The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 4,098 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 Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri 4.10 avg rating — 7,179 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	A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 9,999 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	Only Son by Kevin Moffett 4.23 avg rating — 121 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	The Antidote by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 11,787 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	North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 826 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	Palaver by Bryan Washington 3.76 avg rating — 1,644 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	The Pelican Child: Stories by Joy Williams 3.66 avg rating — 200 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	One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 35,145 ratings Elizabeth rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State by Caleb Gayle 4.06 avg rating — 162 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	Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy by Julia Ioffe 4.58 avg rating — 530 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	For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising by Fatemeh Jamalpour 4.34 avg rating — 172 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	Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 4.38 avg rating — 5,663 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	The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin 4.20 avg rating — 44 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	Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening by Ben Ratliff 3.34 avg rating — 90 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	Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 525 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	When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas 4.37 avg rating — 919 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	The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life by Helen Whybrow (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 1,139 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	Death Does Not End at the Sea (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) by Gbenga Adesina 4.54 avg rating — 26 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	The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi 4.58 avg rating — 62 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	Becoming Ghost: Poetry by Cathy Linh Che (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 171 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	Scorched Earth: Poems by Tiana Clark (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 443 ratings Elizabeth added it See Review	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	Death of the First Idea: Poems by Rickey Laurentiis 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings Elizabeth added it See Review	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	Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin 4.34 avg rating — 53 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	Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero 4.33 avg rating — 76 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	I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken 4.36 avg rating — 580 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	The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 65 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	TERROR COUNTER by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi 4.50 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
31	On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle 4.11 avg rating — 3,880 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	The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera 3.95 avg rating — 624 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	We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 3.74 avg rating — 1,161 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 Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 2,477 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	Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa 3.36 avg rating — 14,447 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	We Computers: A Ghazal Novel by Hamid Ismailov (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 86 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	We Do Not Part by Han Kang 3.86 avg rating — 28,078 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	Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir محمد خير (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 95 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	Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 3.71 avg rating — 28,909 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	Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno 4.20 avg rating — 14,616 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
41	A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila 4.24 avg rating — 186 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
42	The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,897 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
43	The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes 4.02 avg rating — 256 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
44	A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 249 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
45	A World Worth Saving: (National Book Award Finalist) by Kyle Lukoff 3.87 avg rating — 589 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
46	The Leaving Room by Amber McBride (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 574 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
47	The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri 4.19 avg rating — 1,278 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
48	Truth Is: A Novel in Verse by Hannah V. Sawyerr (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 207 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
49	Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 909 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
50	(S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 825 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