The National Book Foundation announced its ten title longlist, with finalists to be named on October 8. Nominated authors include previous NBA winner Colson Whitehead (2016) and Booker winner Marlon James (2015), and Pulitzer finalists Susan Choi (2003) and Laila Lailami (2015). Five debuts make the list, and eight of the ten nominated books are published by Penguin Random House. The full list: Fleishman Is in Trouble, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Random House) Trust Exercise, Susan Choi (Henry Holt) Sabrina & Corina, by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World) Black Leopard, Red Wolf, by Marlon James (Riverhead Books) The Other Americans, by Laila Lalami (Pantheon […]
