2025 Fiction Results
Finalists
Semifinalists
Behind You Is the Sea – Susan Muaddi Darraj
Clear – Carys Davies
Glorious Exploits – Ferdia Lennon
James – Percival Everett
Long Island – Colm Tóibín
Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar
My Friends – Hisham Matar
Our Evenings – Alan Hollinghurst
Sipsworth – Simon Van Booy
The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
There Are Rivers in the Sky – Elif Shafak
Wandering Stars – Tommy Orange
Clear – Carys Davies
Glorious Exploits – Ferdia Lennon
James – Percival Everett
Long Island – Colm Tóibín
Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar
My Friends – Hisham Matar
Our Evenings – Alan Hollinghurst
Sipsworth – Simon Van Booy
The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
There Are Rivers in the Sky – Elif Shafak
Wandering Stars – Tommy Orange
Quarterfinalists
Beautyland – Marie-Helene Bertino
Cahokia Jazz – Francis Spufford
Caledonian Road – Andrew O’Hagan
Fire Exit – Morgan Talty
Gabriel’s Moon – William Boyd
In Ascension – Martin MacInnes
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney
Shy Creatures – Clare Chambers
Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout
The Heart in Winter – Kevin Barry
The Mighty Red – Louise Erdrich
Tiananmen Square – Lai Wen
Cahokia Jazz – Francis Spufford
Caledonian Road – Andrew O’Hagan
Fire Exit – Morgan Talty
Gabriel’s Moon – William Boyd
In Ascension – Martin MacInnes
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney
Shy Creatures – Clare Chambers
Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout
The Heart in Winter – Kevin Barry
The Mighty Red – Louise Erdrich
Tiananmen Square – Lai Wen
Octofinalists
All Fours – Miranda July
Anita de Monte Laughs Last – Xochitl Gonzalez
Colored Television – Danzy Senna
Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner
Enlightenment – Sarah Perry
Headshot – Rita Bullwinkel
Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Neighbors and Other Stories – Diane Oliver
Ordinary Human Failings – Megan Nolan
Playground – Richard Powers
Praiseworthy – Alexis Wright
Rejection – Tony Tulathimutte
Sandwich – Catherine Newman
Scaffolding – Lauren Elkin
Small Rain – Garth Greenwell
The Anthropologists – Ayşegül Savaş
The Bright Sword – Lev Grossman
The Extinction of Irena Rey – Jennifer Croft
The Hunter – Tana French
The Voyage Home – Pat Barker
This Strange Eventful History – Claire Messud
Time of the Child – Niall Williams
Wild Houses – Colin Barrett
You Like It Darker – Stephen King
Anita de Monte Laughs Last – Xochitl Gonzalez
Colored Television – Danzy Senna
Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner
Enlightenment – Sarah Perry
Headshot – Rita Bullwinkel
Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Neighbors and Other Stories – Diane Oliver
Ordinary Human Failings – Megan Nolan
Playground – Richard Powers
Praiseworthy – Alexis Wright
Rejection – Tony Tulathimutte
Sandwich – Catherine Newman
Scaffolding – Lauren Elkin
Small Rain – Garth Greenwell
The Anthropologists – Ayşegül Savaş
The Bright Sword – Lev Grossman
The Extinction of Irena Rey – Jennifer Croft
The Hunter – Tana French
The Voyage Home – Pat Barker
This Strange Eventful History – Claire Messud
Time of the Child – Niall Williams
Wild Houses – Colin Barrett
You Like It Darker – Stephen King