National Book Award for Nonfiction 2019

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

• The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom

  

  The Yellow House

  Sarah M. Broom

  Winner
• Solitary Albert Woodfox

  Solitary

  Albert Woodfox and Leslie George

  Finalist
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer

  

  The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

  David Treuer

  Finalist
• Thick Tressie McMillan Cottom

  

  Thick

  Tressie McMillan Cottom

  Finalist
• What You Have Heard Is True Carolyn Forché

  

  What You Have Heard Is True

  Carolyn Forché

  Finalist
• Burn the Place Iliana Regan

  

  Burn the Place

  Iliana Regan
• Go Ahead in the Rain Hanif Abdurraqib

  

  Go Ahead in the Rain

  Hanif Abdurraqib
• Race for Profit Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

  

  Race for Profit

  Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
• Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe

  

  Say Nothing

  Patrick Radden Keefe
• The End of the Myth Greg Grandin

  

  The End of the Myth

  Greg Grandin