Presenting the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist. 13 novels, 5 of them debuts, and 2 short story collections. The following books were published in the United States in 2020.
Purchase any of the titles from Aspen’s local independent bookstore, Explore Booksellers, or off the Aspen Words Literary Prize Bookshelf at bookshop.org (where 30% of all sales support Explore Booksellers).
“Black Sunday”
by Tola Rotimi Abraham
Catapult
“Against the Loveless World”
by Susan Abulhawa
Atria Books
“Leave the World Behind”
by Rumaan Alam
Harper Collins/Ecco
“The Vanishing Half”
by Brit Bennett
Riverhead Books
“The New Wilderness”
by Diane Cook
Harper Collins
“Fiebre Tropical“
by Juliana Delgado Lopera
Feminist Press
“The Death of Vivek Oji”
by Akwaeke Emezi
Riverhead Books
“The Night Watchman”
by Louise Erdrich
Harper Collins
“The Office of Historical” “Corrections: A Novella and Stories“
by Danielle Evans
Riverhead Books
“Transcendent Kingdom”
by Yaa Gyasi
Alfred A Knopf
“If I Had Two Wings”
by Randall Kenan
W.W. Norton & Company
“A Children’s Bible: A Novel”
by Lydia Millet
W.W. Norton & Company
“A Girl is a Body of Water”
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Tin House
“Real Life”
by Brandon Taylor
Riverhead Books
“Memorial”
by Bryan Washington
Riverhead