Overview
- The Nonfiction slate includes works by Greg Grandin, Barbara Demick, Karen Hao, Brandy Schillace, Scott Anderson, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Gardiner Harris, Aatish Taseer, Michael Koresky, and Michael Luo.
- Subjects range from a new history of the Americas and the Iranian Revolution to OpenAI and AI policy, corporate scrutiny of Johnson & Johnson, Chinese American history, Weimar-era culture, and contemporary essays.
- The NBCC is releasing longlists across its six award categories this week alongside titles for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.
- Finalists for the 2025 publishing year are scheduled for January 20, 2026, with winners to be announced at a March 26, 2026 ceremony in New York City.
- The public longlist rollout continues a practice the critics’ organization began last year, and the group comprises more than 700 book review editors and critics.