![]() Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, “ Chain-Gang All-Stars” Pantheon Books / Penguin Random HouseĪaliyah Bilal, “ Temple Folk” Simon & SchusterĮliot Duncan, “ Ponyboy” W. Three authors on the longlist, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Justin Torres, have been previously honored by the National Book Foundation. The ten titles on the list were chosen from four hundred and ninety-six submissions by publishers. Naomi Hirahara’s CLARK AND DIVISION (Soho, 320 pp., 27.95) explored the ramifications of Japanese internment through the prism of one young woman determined to solve the murder of her sister. Here are TIMEs picks for the best nonfiction books of 2018, from Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon to Tara Westover’s Educated. ![]() And Justin Torres’s “Blackouts” takes up the research of the queer sexologist Jan Gay, which was co-opted to produce a mid-century study that pathologized homosexuality. “The End of Drum-Time,” by Hanna Pylväinen, imagines a difficult encounter between the native Sámi residents of Scandinavia and a Lutheran minister intent on converting them. Nicole Chung delved into her own cross-cultural adoption to unpack our collective strengths and weaknesses when it comes to responding to our differences. “This Other Eden,” by Paul Harding, is inspired by the history of Malaga Island, a mixed-race community off the coast of Maine whose residents were forcibly evicted, and some institutionalized, in the early twentieth century. Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2018 On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction. In this gripping true crime story about the Last Call Killer, who preyed on New York City’s queer men during the 80s and 90s, Green. “A Council of Dolls,” by Mona Susan Power, details the cruelty of Indian boarding schools intended to “civilize” Native American children. Find The New York Times bestselling books in fiction & non-fiction, literature, biographies, memoirs, childrens books, science fiction & self-help. The book is an indictment of the criminal-justice system, one of several titles on the longlist that center on violent attempts to impose hierarchies of race or belief. In “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s début novel, death matches between predominantly Black prisoners are broadcast live for viewers’ entertainment. Earlier, we presented the lists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, and Nonfiction. ![]() This week, The New Yorker announced the longlists for the 2023 National Book Awards. On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.
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