National Book Award for Nonfiction 2014

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

• Age of Ambition Evan Osnos

  

  Age of Ambition

  Evan Osnos

  Winner
• Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast

  

  Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

  Roz Chast

  Finalist
• No Good Men Among the Living Anand Gopal

  

  No Good Men Among the Living

  Anand Gopal

  Finalist
• Tennessee Williams John Lahr

  

  Tennessee Williams

  John Lahr

  Finalist
• The Meaning of Human Existence Edward O. Wilson

  

  The Meaning of Human Existence

  Edward O. Wilson

  Finalist
• Nature’s God Matthew Stewart

  

  Nature’s God

  Matthew Stewart
• The Heathen School John Demos

  

  The Heathen School

  John Demos
• The Innovators Walter Isaacson

  

  The Innovators

  Walter Isaacson
• The Mantle of Command Nigel Hamilton

  

  The Mantle of Command

  Nigel Hamilton
• When Paris Went Dark Ronald C. Rosbottom

  

  When Paris Went Dark

  Ronald C. Rosbottom