The 2026 award season

Winner

• The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Shortlist and finalists

• Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
• The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
• Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
• A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Checked Sep 18, 2026

Winner

• Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

Shortlist and finalists

• On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia
• The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
• The Witch by Marie NDiaye
• She Who Remains by Rene Karabash
• The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar

Checked Sep 18, 2026

Winner

• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Shortlist and finalists

• Dominion by Addie E Citchens
• Heart the Lover by Lily King
• The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson
• Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly
• Flashlight by Susan Choi

Checked Sep 18, 2026

Winner

• Small Scale Sinners by Mahreen Sohail

Shortlist and finalists

• Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
• The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
• Heart the Lover by Lily King
• The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Checked Sep 18, 2026

Winner

• Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Shortlist and finalists

• Audition by Katie Kitamura
• Stag Dance: A Quartet by Torrey Peters

Checked Sep 18, 2026

Winner

• Zombie Kaishufu by Chito Kosagawa

Checked Nov 2, 2026

Winner

• Die Lücken by Shida Bazyar

Checked Nov 2, 2026

Winner

• I convitati di pietra by Michele Mari

Checked Sep 1, 2026

Winner

• Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• Ars Poeticas by Juliana Spahr

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• Augmented by Kenechi Udogu

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• Ash and the Faceless Man by D. Michelle Gent

Checked Jul 13, 2026

Winner

• A Groundhog Career by Dr. Helmut Schuster & Dr. David Oxley

Checked Jul 13, 2026