National Book Award for Nonfiction 2023

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

• The Rediscovery of America Ned Blackhawk

  

  The Rediscovery of America

  Ned Blackhawk

  Winner
• Fire Weather John Vaillant

  

  Fire Weather

  John Vaillant

  Finalist
• Liliana’s Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza

  

  Liliana’s Invincible Summer

  Cristina Rivera Garza

  Finalist
• Ordinary Notes Christina Sharpe

  

  Ordinary Notes

  Christina Sharpe

  Finalist
• We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I Raja Shehadeh

  

  We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

  Raja Shehadeh

  Finalist
• A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen

  

  A Man of Two Faces

  Viet Thanh Nguyen
• I Saw Death Coming Kidada E. Williams

  

  I Saw Death Coming

  Kidada E. Williams
• King Jonathan Eig

  

  King

  Jonathan Eig
• The Slip Prudence Peiffer

  

  The Slip

  Prudence Peiffer
• When Crack Was King Donovan X. Ramsey

  

  When Crack Was King

  Donovan X. Ramsey