The 2025 National Book Award Longlist for Nonfiction

Booksology September 10, 2025 Blog

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This morning, the National Book Award unveiled a long list of non-fiction. It’s a slate of fresh voices and perspective, as none of the 10 authors had any respect for them before.

Here are the 10 long list titles for the Non-Fiction 2025 National Book Award:

Non-fiction judges include slates of well-adored authors and critics, including Heather Kathleen Moody Hall, Tiya Miles, Rajpatel, Christina Libera Garza and Elisa Slow.

For more information about the National Book Award longlist for non-fiction, please visit our website. Look to the remaining long list this week. And don’t miss out on the already shared list for youth literature, translated literature, and poetry.

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