National Book Award for Fiction 2013

The longlist includes the books that went on to the shortlist.

• The Good Lord Bird James McBride

  

  The Good Lord Bird

  James McBride

  Winner
• Bleeding Edge Thomas Pynchon

  

  Bleeding Edge

  Thomas Pynchon

  Finalist
• Tenth of December George Saunders

  

  Tenth of December

  George Saunders

  Finalist
• The Flamethrowers Rachel Kushner

  

  The Flamethrowers

  Rachel Kushner

  Finalist
• The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri

  

  The Lowland

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Finalist
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Anthony Marra

  

  A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

  Anthony Marra
• Fools Joan Silber

  

  Fools

  Joan Silber
• Pacific Tom Drury

  

  Pacific

  Tom Drury
• Someone Alice McDermott

  

  Someone

  Alice McDermott
• The End of the Point Elizabeth Graver

  

  The End of the Point

  Elizabeth Graver