The PEN/Faulkner Foundation released the longlist for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Finalists will be unveiled in early March, with the winner named in April. The longlisted titles are:
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Brother Brontë by Fernando A. Flores (MCD)
The Devil Is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson (Ecco)
The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes (One World)
The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore (Tin House)
An Oral History of Atlantis by Ed Park (Random House)
Small Scale Sinners by Mahreen Sohail (A Public Space Books)
Awards committee chair Lauren Francis-Sharma said: "The complexities and richness of this year's list reflect the serious concerns of many American readers--legacy, familial connection, corruption, and the plight of men and our youth—all while offering an abundance of hope, a bounty of beauty, and heaps of tenderness."