FICTION
Rabih Alameddine, “An Unnecessary Woman,” Grove Press
Anthony Doerr, “All the Light We Cannot See,” Scribner
Phil Klay, “Redeployment,” The Penguin Press
Emily St. John Mandel, “Station Eleven,” Alfred A. Knopf
Marilynne Robinson, “Lila,” Farrar, Straus and Giroux
POETRY
Louise Glück, “Faithful and Virtuous Night,” Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Fanny Howe, “Second Childhood,” Graywolf Press
Maureen N. McLane, “This Blue,” Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Fred Moten, “The Feel Trio,” Letter Machine Editions
Claudia Rankine, “Citizen: An American Lyric,” Graywolf Press
NONFICTION
Roz Chast, “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?,” Bloomsbury
Anand Gopal, “No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes,” Metropolitan Books
Evan Osnos, “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China,” Farrar, Straus and Giroux
John Lahr, “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh,” W.W. Norton & Company
Edward O. Wilson, “The Meaning of Human Existence,” Liveright Publishing Corporation