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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2020

The 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction went to Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis. 5 books were finalists and 10 books made the longlist.

Winner

  1. Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjissource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuongsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Night Swimmers by Peter Rocksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Where Reasons End by Yiyun Lisource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramaniansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Bennsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Sing to It by Amy Hempelsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Bird King by G. Willow Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Topeka School by Ben Lernersource (opens in a new tab)

About the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Year is the award year (books published the prior calendar year). Winners and finalists from the PEN/Faulkner award page and announcement posts. Longlists of ten began in 2020; each book appears once, at its highest tier, so each year from 2020 has one winner, four finalists, and five longlist-only books.

Organization: PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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