National Book Award for Fiction 2018

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

• The Friend Sigrid Nunez

  

  The Friend

  Sigrid Nunez

  Winner
• A Lucky Man Jamel Brinkley

  

  A Lucky Man

  Jamel Brinkley

  Finalist
• Florida Lauren Groff

  

  Florida

  Lauren Groff

  Finalist
• The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai

  

  The Great Believers

  Rebecca Makkai

  Finalist
• Where the Dead Sit Talking Brandon Hobson

  

  Where the Dead Sit Talking

  Brandon Hobson

  Finalist
• An American Marriage Tayari Jones

  

  An American Marriage

  Tayari Jones
• Gun Love Jennifer Clement

  

  Gun Love

  Jennifer Clement
• Heads of the Colored People Nafissa Thompson-Spires

  

  Heads of the Colored People

  Nafissa Thompson-Spires
• The Boatbuilder Daniel Gumbiner

  

  The Boatbuilder

  Daniel Gumbiner
• There There Tommy Orange

  

  There There

  Tommy Orange