Here is the full list:

Fiction finalists

• “Ghostroots” by ‘Pemi Aguda
• “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar
• “James” by Percival Everett
• “All Fours” by Miranda July
• “My Friends” by Hisham Matar

Nonfiction finalists

• “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of People Smuggling” by Jason De León
• “Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church” by Eliza Griswold
• Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne
• “Knives: Meditations After Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie
• “Whiskey Tender” by Deborah Jackson Taffa

Poetry finalists

• “Wrong Norma” by Anne Carson
• “(…)” by Fady Joudah
• “Mother” by Ms. RedCherries
• “Modern Poetry” by Diane Seuss
• “Something about life” by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Finalists for Translated Literature:

• “The Book Censor’s Library” by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
• “Ædnan” by Linnea Axelsson, translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel
• “The Villain’s Dance” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated from French by Roland Glasser
• “Taiwan Travelogue” by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
• “Where the Wind Calls Home” by Samar Yazbek, translated from Arabic by Leri Price