National Book Award for Fiction 2021

10 books on the longlist. The winner and the finalists come first.

• Hell of a Book Jason Mott

  

  Hell of a Book

  Jason Mott

  Winner
• Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr

  

  Cloud Cuckoo Land

  Anthony Doerr

  Finalist
• Matrix Lauren Groff

  

  Matrix

  Lauren Groff

  Finalist
• The Prophets Robert Jones Jr.

  

  The Prophets

  Robert Jones Jr.

  Finalist
• Zorrie Laird Hunt

  

  Zorrie

  Laird Hunt

  Finalist
• Abundance Jakob Guanzon

  

  Abundance

  Jakob Guanzon
• Bewilderment Richard Powers

  

  Bewilderment

  Richard Powers
• Intimacies Katie Kitamura

  

  Intimacies

  Katie Kitamura
• 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 Souvenir Museum Elizabeth McCracken

  

  The Souvenir Museum

  Elizabeth McCracken