The Center for Fiction 2025 First Novel Prize - LONGLIST

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8 participants (29 books)

Overview

The First Novel Prize winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. 
https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2025-first-novel-prize/

Challenge Books

1

Good Girl by Aria Aber

Good Girl

Aria Aber

2

Crown by Evanthia Bromiley

Crown

Evanthia Bromiley

3

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh

Colwill Brown

4

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Dominion

Addie E. Citchens

5

Pan by Michael Clune

Pan

Michael Clune

6

Songs of No Provenance by Lydi Conklin

Songs of No Provenance

Lydi Conklin

7

The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Catch

Yrsa Daley-Ward

8

This Is the Only Kingdom: A Novel by Jaquira Díaz

This Is the Only Kingdom: A Novel

Jaquira Díaz

9

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

10

If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust

If the Dead Belong Here

Carson Faust

11

The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne

The Devil Three Times

Rickey Fayne

12

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Sky Daddy

Kate Folk