National Book Award for Nonfiction 2015

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

• Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates

  

  Between the World and Me

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Winner
• Hold Still Sally Mann

  

  Hold Still

  Sally Mann

  Finalist
• If the Oceans Were Ink Carla Power

  

  If the Oceans Were Ink

  Carla Power

  Finalist
• Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith

  

  Ordinary Light

  Tracy K. Smith

  Finalist
• The Soul of an Octopus Sy Montgomery

  

  The Soul of an Octopus

  Sy Montgomery

  Finalist
• Love and Other Ways of Dying Michael Paterniti

  

  Love and Other Ways of Dying

  Michael Paterniti
• Mourning Lincoln Martha Hodes

  

  Mourning Lincoln

  Martha Hodes
• Paradise of the Pacific Susanna Moore

  

  Paradise of the Pacific

  Susanna Moore
• Rain Cynthia Barnett

  

  Rain

  Cynthia Barnett
• Travels in Vermeer Michael White

  Travels in Vermeer

  Michael White