Fiction 

• Beautyland - Marie-Helene Bertino
• Godwin - Joseph O'Neill
• James - Percival Everett
• My Friends - Hisham Matar
• Us Fools - Nora Lange

Nonfiction

• The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq - Steve Coll
• Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - Adam Higginbotham
• The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture - Tricia Romano
• Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood - Gretchen Sisson
• We're Alone - Edwidge Danticat

John Leonard Prize

• By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight For Justice on Native Land - Rebecca Nagle
• Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir - Tessa Hulls
•  Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham
• Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius - Carrie Courogen
• Ward Toward - Cindy Juyoung Ok
• When The Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s - John Ganz