The Longlist Titles are:
- Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World)
- Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason (HarperCollins)
- Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew Salesses (Little A)
- The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Mother Daughter Widow Wife by Robin Wasserman (Scribner)
- Nine Shiny Objects by Brian Castleberry (Custom House)
- The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans (Riverhead)
- Scattered Lights by Steve Wiegenstein (Cornerpost)
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (West Virginia University Press)
- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (Alfred A. Knopf)
“These extraordinary times have called forth extraordinary art,” said PEN/Faulkner’s Awards Committee Chair, Louis Bayard in a press release, “and the ten titles chosen for our longlist are a powerful reminder that fiction is as essential as ever.”
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