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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2022

The 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction went to The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine. 5 books were finalists and 10 books made the longlist.

Winner

  1. The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddinesource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. Dear Miss Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrellsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbuesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmedsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The President and the Frog by Carolina de Robertissource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabartisource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Chouette by Claire Oshetskysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Intimacies by Katie Kitamurasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Trees by Percival Everettsource (opens in a new tab)

About the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Year is the award year (books published the prior calendar year). Winners and finalists from the PEN/Faulkner award page and announcement posts. Longlists of ten began in 2020; each book appears once, at its highest tier, so each year from 2020 has one winner, four finalists, and five longlist-only books.

Organization: PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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