Aspen Words Literary Prize

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

Shortlist, 5 books

• The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories Jamil Jan Kochai

  

  The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

  Jamil Jan Kochai

  Winner
• All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews

  

  All This Could Be Different

  Sarah Thankam Mathews
• Calling for a Blanket Dance Oscar Hokeah

  

  Calling for a Blanket Dance

  Oscar Hokeah
• How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water Angie Cruz

  

  How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

  Angie Cruz
• The Consequences Manuel Muñoz

  

  The Consequences

  Manuel Muñoz

Also on the longlist, 9 books

• Glory NoViolet Bulawayo

  

  Glory

  NoViolet Bulawayo
• Harry Sylvester Bird Chinelo Okparanta

  

  Harry Sylvester Bird

  Chinelo Okparanta
• If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery

  

  If I Survive You

  Jonathan Escoffery
• Memphis Tara M. Stringfellow

  

  Memphis

  Tara M. Stringfellow
• The Last Suspicious Holdout Ladee Hubbard

  

  The Last Suspicious Holdout

  Ladee Hubbard
• The Last White Man Mohsin Hamid

  

  The Last White Man

  Mohsin Hamid
• The People Who Report More Stress Alejandro Varela

  The People Who Report More Stress

  Alejandro Varela
• What We Fed to the Manticore Talia Laskshmi Kolluri

  

  What We Fed to the Manticore

  Talia Laskshmi Kolluri
• When We Were Sisters Fatimah Asghar

  

  When We Were Sisters

  Fatimah Asghar