Aspen Words Literary Prize

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

Shortlist, 5 books

• The Final Revival of Opal and Nev Dawnie Walton

  

  The Final Revival of Opal and Nev

  Dawnie Walton

  Winner
• The Arsonists’ City Hala Alyan

  The Arsonists’ City

  Hala Alyan
• The Five Wounds Kirstin Valdez Quade

  The Five Wounds

  Kirstin Valdez Quade
• What Storm, What Thunder Myriam J. A. Chancy

  What Storm, What Thunder

  Myriam J. A. Chancy
• What Strange Paradise Omar El Akkad

  

  What Strange Paradise

  Omar El Akkad

Also on the longlist, 11 books

• A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Ho Davies

  

  A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself

  Peter Ho Davies
• Abundance Jakob Guanzon

  

  Abundance

  Jakob Guanzon
• Bewilderment Richard Powers

  

  Bewilderment

  Richard Powers
• Bewilderness Karen Tucker

  

  Bewilderness

  Karen Tucker
• Hell of a Book Jason Mott

  

  Hell of a Book

  Jason Mott
• Libertie Kaitlyn Greenidge

  Libertie

  Kaitlyn Greenidge
• Radiant Fugitives Nawaaz Ahmed

  

  Radiant Fugitives

  Nawaaz Ahmed
• Swimming Back to Trout River Linda Rui Feng

  

  Swimming Back to Trout River

  Linda Rui Feng
• The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

  

  The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois

  Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
• The Startup Wife Tahmima Alam

  The Startup Wife

  Tahmima Alam
• Things We Lost to the Water Eric Nguyen

  Things We Lost to the Water

  Eric Nguyen