National Book Award for Fiction 2020

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

• Interior Chinatown Charles Yu

  

  Interior Chinatown

  Charles Yu

  Winner
• A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet

  

  A Children’s Bible

  Lydia Millet

  Finalist
• Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam

  

  Leave the World Behind

  Rumaan Alam

  Finalist
• Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart

  

  Shuggie Bain

  Douglas Stuart

  Finalist
• The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw

  

  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

  Deesha Philyaw

  Finalist
• A Burning Megha Majumdar

  

  A Burning

  Megha Majumdar
• If I Had Two Wings Randall Kenan

  

  If I Had Two Wings

  Randall Kenan
• The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka

  

  The Great Offshore Grounds

  Vanessa Veselka
• The Index of Self-Destructive Acts Christopher Beha

  

  The Index of Self-Destructive Acts

  Christopher Beha
• The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett

  

  The Vanishing Half

  Brit Bennett