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By The PEN/Faulkner Foundation

These ten books were selected by our 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award judges to appear on our inaugural longlist, created in honor of PEN/Faulkner's 40th Anniversary.

bookcover for Sea Monsters

Sea Monsters

Chloe Aridjis 

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Paperback

$16.95

$15.76

bookcover for We Cast a Shadow

We Cast a Shadow

Maurice Carlos Ruffin 

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Paperback

$17.00

$15.81

2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

bookcover for The Night Swimmers

The Night Swimmers

Peter Rock 

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Paperback

$16.00

$14.88

2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

bookcover for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong 

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Hardback

$28.00

$26.04

2020 PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

bookcover for A People's History of Heaven

A People's History of Heaven

Mathangi Subramanian 

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Paperback

$21.99

bookcover for Sing to It

Sing to It

Amy Hempel 

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$16.00

$14.88

bookcover for Patsy

Patsy

Nicole Dennis-Benn 

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Hardback

$26.95

$25.06

bookcover for The Topeka School

The Topeka School

Ben Lerner 

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Hardback

$27.00

$25.11

bookcover for The Bird King

The Bird King

G Willow Wilson 

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Hardback

$26.00

$24.18

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