Year-End Lists

The Center for Fiction: 2024 First Novel Prize

Winner

• God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
  Joseph Earl Thomas

Shortlist

• Headshot
  Rita Bullwinkel
• The Fertile Earth
  Ruthvika Rao
• They Dream in Gold
  Mai Sennaar
• Ask Me Again
  Clare Sestanovich
• Fire Exit
  Morgan Talty
• Misinterpretation
  Ledia Xhoga

Longlist

• Martyr!
  Kaveh Akbar
• Swift River
  Essie J. Chambers
• The Storm We Made
  Vanessa Chan
• The Red Grove
  Tessa Fontaine
• Malas
  Marcela Fuentes
• Inside the Mirror
  Parul Kapur
• Ways and Means

  A Novel of Ambition, Money, and Modern Chaos
  Daniel Lefferts
• Shred Sisters
  Betsy Lerner
• The Book of Love
  Kelly Link
• Short War
  Lily Meyer
• Oye
  Melissa Mogollon
• The Lions' Den
  Iris Mwanza
• Twilight Territory
  Andrew X. Pham
• Bitter Water Opera
  Nicolette Polek
• Spring on the Peninsula
  Ery Shin
• A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
  Charlie J. Stephens
• Anyone's Ghost
  August Thompson
• Your Presence Is Mandatory
  Sasha Vasilyuk