The first longlists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced! Discover the longlists for Translated Literature and Young People's Literature below.

Established in 1950, the National Book Awards is an American literary prize, administered by the National Book Foundation. Previous winners include American literary icons such as William Faulkner, Philip Roth, John Updike, Toni Morrison, Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker, Jesmyn Ward, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Translated Literature Longlist

• Woodworm by Layla Martínez, translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott
• Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías, translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary
• The Abyss by Fernando Vallejo, translated from the Spanish by Yvette Siegert
• The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom by Nasser Abu Srour, translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren
• The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from the Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
• Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson, translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel
• On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, translated from the Danish by Barbara J. Haveland
• The Villain’s Dance by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated from the French by Roland Glasser
• Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
• Where the Wind Calls Home by Samar Yazbek, translated from the Arabic by Leri Price

Young People's Literature Longlist

• Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole
• Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan
• Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle
• The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza
• The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
• Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté
• Free Period by Ali Terese
• Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams

While other categories have been recognized in the past, the awards currently honour the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature, published each year. The longlist for each category will be announced between September 10 to 13 – keep an eye on our blog to see the titles featured in the remaining categories!