Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards

Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, and Miranda July are among the fiction nominees for the 2024 National Book Awards. Everett’s novel James, a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has received critical acclaim. Kushner’s Creation Lake, an innovative thriller, and July’s All Fours, which explores middle age, are also contenders.

The National Book Foundation announced the fiction longlist, which includes a total of 10 works. Among them are story collections Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda and Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte, as well as three debut novels by Kaveh Akbar, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and Sam Sax. Other nominees include Jessica Anthony’s The Most and Hisham Matar’s My Friends. The final list of five nominees will be revealed on October 1, with winners announced on November 20 at a ceremony in Manhattan.

Source: AP News