2025 National Book Award Fiction Longlist Reaction

I look through the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction longlist and discuss what books I'm eager to read. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links. -------------------- Join my bookclub:   / thelonesomereaderbookclub   My full review of Flashlight by Susan Choi:    • Flashlight by Susan Choi / review   The long listed books: Rabih Alameddine - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978147... Susan Choi - Flashlight https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Angela Flournoy - The Wilderness Jonas Hassen Khemiri - The Sisters Megha Majumdar - A Guardian and a Thief https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... Kevin Moffett - Only Son Karen Russell - The Antidote https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Ethan Rutherford - North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978164... Bryan Washington - Palaver Joy Williams - The Pelican Child https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180... Other books mentioned Fox by Joyce Carol Oates:    • Fox by Joyce Carol Oates / review   Buckeye by Patrick Ryan:    • Buckeye by Patrick Ryan / review   Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:32 Translated literature longlist 1:49 Books I wish were longlisted 2:32 Fiction longlist overview 3:39 Flashlight 5:33 Only Son 6:26 The True True Story of Raja the Gullible and his Mother 7:48 Palaver 9:29 The Pelican Child 10:34 A Guardian and a Thief 11:54 The Antidote 12:42 North Sun 13:55 The Wilderness 14:55 The Sisters 15:41 Conclusion -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter:   / lonesomereader   Instagram:   / lonesomereader   Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd: https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ TikTok:   / lonesomereader   Email: [email protected]