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Book award season hath begun.
Today, its time for the fiction contenders.
This year, 388 books were read and judged by a panel chaired by Roxane Gay.
Additional judges included Cristina Henriquez, Laird Hunt, Rebecca Makkai, and Keaton Patterson.
The longest is, as always, an impressive showing.
Its a Black couple who own the place.
(HBO is turning it into a limited series.)
(Stuarts novel was also shortlisted for theBooker Prizethis week.
The latter is a collection of short stories about longing for flight of all kinds.
Its set in the same fictional North Carolina region as Kenans last two works.
(Kenandied at age 57earlier this week.)
Heres the list in its entirety:
Finalists will be announced on October 6.
