PEN America's votes on the list 2014 PEN Literary Awards Shortlist

Listopia > PEN America's votes on the list 2014 PEN Literary Awards Shortlist (43 Books)

1	Cut These Words into My Stone: Ancient Greek Epitaphs by Michael Wolfe (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 48 ratings PEN America 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
2	Paul Klee's Boat (In the Grip of Strange Thoughts) by Anzhelina Polonskaya 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings PEN America 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
3	Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson by Yosa Buson 4.13 avg rating — 105 ratings PEN America 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
4	Diaries of Exile by Yiannis Ritsos 4.18 avg rating — 243 ratings PEN America 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
5	Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi 3.85 avg rating — 12,377 ratings PEN America 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
6	Even Now: Poems by Hugo Claus by Hugo Claus 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings PEN America 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
7	Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 477 ratings PEN America 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
8	domina Un/blued by Ruth Ellen Kocher (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings PEN America 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
9	Leaving Tulsa (Volume 75) (Sun Tracks) by Jennifer Elise Foerster (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 75 ratings PEN America 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
10	Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems by Kwame Dawes 4.39 avg rating — 54 ratings PEN America 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
11	The King of Little Things by Bil Lepp (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 256 ratings PEN America 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
12	Crabtree by Jon Nichols (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 103 ratings PEN America 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
13	Tea Party Rules by Ame Dyckman (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,108 ratings PEN America 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
14	Train by Elisha Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 687 ratings PEN America 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
15	Transit by Anna Seghers 3.69 avg rating — 3,271 ratings PEN America 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
16	The Emperor's Tomb (Von Trotta Family, #2) by Joseph Roth 3.89 avg rating — 4,211 ratings PEN America 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
17	The African Shore by Rodrigo Rey Rosa 3.73 avg rating — 173 ratings PEN America 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
18	An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman 4.04 avg rating — 1,260 ratings PEN America 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
19	Autobiography of a Corpse by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 3.87 avg rating — 1,172 ratings PEN America 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
20	A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 587 ratings PEN America 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
21	Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall 3.88 avg rating — 1,450 ratings PEN America 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
22	Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore by Linda Leavell (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 124 ratings PEN America 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
23	Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson 4.09 avg rating — 16,926 ratings PEN America 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
24	Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now by Gary M. Pomerantz (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 711 ratings PEN America 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	The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14,739 ratings PEN America 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	League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada 4.19 avg rating — 4,677 ratings PEN America 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
27	The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 17,030 ratings PEN America 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
28	Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff 4.01 avg rating — 1,348 ratings PEN America 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
29	Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs by James Wolcott (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 97 ratings PEN America 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
30	The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit 4.20 avg rating — 7,699 ratings PEN America 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
31	Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. by David Sedaris 3.85 avg rating — 151,167 ratings PEN America 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
32	Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm 3.97 avg rating — 755 ratings PEN America 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
33	Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by Jon Mooallem (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,632 ratings PEN America 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
34	Brief Encounters with the Enemy: Fiction by Said Sayrafiezadeh 3.72 avg rating — 255 ratings PEN America 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
35	Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas R. Hofstadter 3.84 avg rating — 1,097 ratings PEN America 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
36	High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society by Carl L. Hart 4.13 avg rating — 3,043 ratings PEN America 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
37	Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink 3.93 avg rating — 41,071 ratings PEN America 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
38	The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 2,540 ratings PEN America 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
39	The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 46,413 ratings PEN America 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
40	Godforsaken Idaho by Shawn Vestal 3.59 avg rating — 697 ratings PEN America 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
41	Everybody's Irish by Ian Stansel (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings PEN America 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
42	A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 55,933 ratings PEN America 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
43	American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 613 ratings PEN America 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