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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2024

The 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction went to What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez. 5 books were finalists and 10 books made the longlist.

Winner

  1. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménezsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Absolution by Alice McDermottsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Open Throat by Henry Hokesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Users by Colin Winnettesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Witness by Jamel Brinkleysource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. Biography of X by Catherine Laceysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Monica by Daniel Clowessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Best Possible Experience by Nishanth Injamsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Guest by Emma Clinesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBridesource (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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