2021 Longlist
Judges in this round read all four novels in their assigned group, then rank those titles.
Group A
The Cold Millions — Jess Walter
The Death of Vivek Oji — Akwaeke Emezi
A Burning — Megha Majumdar
The Midnight Library — Matt Haig
The Death of Vivek Oji — Akwaeke Emezi
A Burning — Megha Majumdar
The Midnight Library — Matt Haig
Group B
Mexican Gothic — Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Hamnet — Maggie O'Farrell
The Prophets — Robert Jones, Jr.
The Five Wounds — Kirstin Valdez Quade
Hamnet — Maggie O'Farrell
The Prophets — Robert Jones, Jr.
The Five Wounds — Kirstin Valdez Quade
Group C
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch — Rivka Galchen
Crooked Hallelujah — Kelli Jo Ford
Gold Diggers — Sanjena Sathian
Whereabouts — Jhumpa Lahiri
Crooked Hallelujah — Kelli Jo Ford
Gold Diggers — Sanjena Sathian
Whereabouts — Jhumpa Lahiri
Group D
Homeland Elegies — Ayad Akhtar
The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett
Great Circle — Maggie Shipstead
Transcendent Kingdom — Yaa Gyasi
The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett
Great Circle — Maggie Shipstead
Transcendent Kingdom — Yaa Gyasi
Group E
How Beautiful We Were — Imbolo Mbue
Piranesi — Susanna Clarke
Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
Of Women and Salt — Gabriela Garcia
Piranesi — Susanna Clarke
Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
Of Women and Salt — Gabriela Garcia
Group F
The Atmospherians — Alex McElroy
Leave the World Behind — Rumaan Alam
My Year Abroad — Chang-Rae Lee
Sisters — Daisy Johnson
Leave the World Behind — Rumaan Alam
My Year Abroad — Chang-Rae Lee
Sisters — Daisy Johnson
Group G
The Rib King — Ladee Hubbard
Phase Six — Jim Shepard
The Pull of the Stars — Emma Donoghue
Malibu Rising — Taylor Jenkins Reid
Phase Six — Jim Shepard
The Pull of the Stars — Emma Donoghue
Malibu Rising — Taylor Jenkins Reid
Group H
The Other Black Girl — Zakiy Dalila Harris
Hour of the Witch — Chris Bohjalian
Peaches — Helen Oyeyemi
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — V. E. Schwab
Hour of the Witch — Chris Bohjalian
Peaches — Helen Oyeyemi
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — V. E. Schwab
