National Book Award for Nonfiction 2020

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

• The Dead Are Arising Les Payne

  

  The Dead Are Arising

  Les Payne and Tamara Payne

  Winner
• How to Make a Slave and Other Essays Jerald Walker

  

  How to Make a Slave and Other Essays

  Jerald Walker

  Finalist
• My Autobiography of Carson McCullers Jenn Shapland

  

  My Autobiography of Carson McCullers

  Jenn Shapland

  Finalist
• The Undocumented Americans Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

  

  The Undocumented Americans

  Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

  Finalist
• Unworthy Republic Claudio Saunt

  

  Unworthy Republic

  Claudio Saunt

  Finalist

Also on the longlist, 5 books

• Afropessimism Frank B. Wilderson III

  

  Afropessimism

  Frank B. Wilderson III
• Caste Isabel Wilkerson

  

  Caste

  Isabel Wilkerson
• If Then Jill Lepore

  

  If Then

  Jill Lepore
• Is Rape a Crime? Michelle Bowdler

  

  Is Rape a Crime?

  Michelle Bowdler
• Owls of the Eastern Ice Jonathan C. Slaght

  

  Owls of the Eastern Ice

  Jonathan C. Slaght