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2021
Finalists
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
If I Had Two Wings by Randall Kenan

Longlist
Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Memorial by Bryan Washington
2020
Winner
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

Shortlist
Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Lot (Stories) by Bryan Washington

Longlist
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
The Beadworkers by Beth Piatote
The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
2019
Winner
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Shortlist
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Brother by David Chariandy
Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
There There by Tommy Orange

Longlist
The Boat People by Sharon Bala
A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Small Country by Gael Faye translated by Sarah Ardizzone
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson
The Incendiaries by RO Kwon
Severance by Ling Ma
Bring Out the Dog by Will Mackin
If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi by Neel Patel
Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
2018
Winner
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Shortlist
What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Longlist
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
The Accusation by Bandi Bandi
Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
The Graybar Hotel by Curtis Dawkins
The Locals by Jonathan Dee
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
The Devil and Webster by Jean Haruff Korelitz
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
Chemistry by Weike Wang