The 2013 National Book Award Longlists

The 2013 National Book Award Longlists were announced yesterday. Below you'll find the selected titles in the fiction category. If you want to view the full lists you can visit the official site. The shortlist is expected to be revealed by October 16 and the winners on November 20.

Tom Drury - Pacific
Elizabeth Graver - The End of the Point
Rachel Kushner - The Flamethrowers
Jhumpa Lahiri - The Lowland
Anthony Marra - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
James McBride - The Good Lord Bird
Alice McDermott - Someone
Thomas Pynchon - Bleeding Edge
George Saunders - Tenth of December
Joan Silber - Fools

The 10 Best Books of 2012

The New York Times has announced its list of the best books of the year according to its editors. Thus without further ado here are the chosen titles in each category.

Fiction:

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.

Building Stories by Chris Ware.

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers.

NW by Zadie Smith.

The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers.

Nonfiction:

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo.

Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon.

The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro.

The Patriarch by David Nasaw.

Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt.