The Kirkus Prize named finalists, with the winner to be announced on October 7:
Fiction
Kin, by Tayari Jones
This Is Where the Serpent Lives, by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Eating Ashes, by Brenda Navarro & Megan McDowell
Luna, Phoenix, Queen, by Julie Orringer
John of John, by Douglas Stuart
Cool Machine, by Colson Whitehead
Nonfiction
Catch the Devil, by Pamela Colloff
Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer
London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe
Defiance, by Loubna Mrie
A Hymn to Life, by Gisèle Pelicot, Judith Perrignon, Natasha Lehrer & Ruth Diver
A World Appears, by Michael Pollan
Young Readers
Anger Is Only a Shadow, by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Lovely Dark, by Matthew Fox
Navigating Night, by Julie Leung & Angie Kang
When It’s Your Turn for Midnight, by Blessing Musariri
Electric Birds of Pothakudi, by Karthika Naïr & Joëlle Jolivet
This Is a Door, by Daniel Nayeri
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