2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction

The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 1 with the New York Times; Winners will be announced live at the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
The 2024 Nonfiction Longlist includes emerging and established writers, and features works of memoir, science writing, investigative works, and much more. The majority of the Longlisted authors are newcomers to the National Book Awards, with two exceptions—Hanif Abdurraqib was a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2021 and a Longlister in 2019, and Richard Slotkin was a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1993 and a Finalist for the National Book Award for History in 1974.