Aspen Words Literary Prize

20 books on the longlist. The winner and the shortlist come first.

Shortlist, 5 books

• Exit West Mohsin Hamid

  

  Exit West

  Mohsin Hamid

  Winner
• Mad Country Samrat Upadhyay

  Mad Country

  Samrat Upadhyay
• Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward

  

  Sing, Unburied, Sing

  Jesmyn Ward
• What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Lesley Nneka Arimah

  

  What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

  Lesley Nneka Arimah
• What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons

  

  What We Lose

  Zinzi Clemmons

Also on the longlist, 15 books

• Black Moses Alain Mabanckou

  

  Black Moses

  Alain Mabanckou

  Translated by Helen Stevenson
• Chemistry Weike Wang

  Chemistry

  Weike Wang
• Difficult Women Roxane Gay

  Difficult Women

  Roxane Gay
• Harmless Like You Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

  

  Harmless Like You

  Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
• Lucky Boy Shanthi Sekaran

  Lucky Boy

  Shanthi Sekaran
• Music of the Ghosts Vaddey Ratner

  Music of the Ghosts

  Vaddey Ratner
• Salt Houses Hala Alyan

  Salt Houses

  Hala Alyan
• The Accusation Bandi

  The Accusation

  Bandi
• The Devil and Webster Jean Korelitz

  

  The Devil and Webster

  Jean Korelitz
• The End We Start From Megan Hunter

  The End We Start From

  Megan Hunter
• The Graybar Hotel Curtis Dawkins

  The Graybar Hotel

  Curtis Dawkins
• The Leavers Lisa Ko

  

  The Leavers

  Lisa Ko
• The Locals Jonathan Dee

  

  The Locals

  Jonathan Dee
• The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen

  The Refugees

  Viet Thanh Nguyen
• The Tower of the Antilles Achy Obejas

  

  The Tower of the Antilles

  Achy Obejas