The following finalists were named for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which “honors writers whose work uses the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” Winners and runners up will be announced on September 27. (Titles excerpted in our Buzz Books anthologies are noted with a *)
Fiction
Beasts of a Little Land, by Juhea Kim*
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
Infinite Country, by Patricia Engel
North, by Brad Kessler
The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois, by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers*
What Comes After, by JoAnne Tompkins
Nonfiction
High Conflict, by Amanda Ripley
How the Word is Passed, by Clint Smith
Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott
The Last Nomad, by Shugri Said Sahl
The Sum of Us, by Heather McGhee
Wildland, by Evan Osnos
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