The National Book Foundation has announced the long lists for the National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding works across five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, books in translation, and young people's literature. Each category features 10 nominees, with the final three in each category to be revealed on October 6. The winners will be announced during a ceremony on November 18 in Manhattan. At that event, honorary medals will be awarded to Salman Rushdie for his Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and Perri Klass for her Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Among the fiction nominees is Marlon James' novel The Disappearers, which delves into the persecution of gay men in 1980s Jamaica. This novel also appeared on the long list for the prestigious Booker Prize. Other fiction contenders include Louise Erdrich’s Python's Kiss, Edwidge Danticat’s Dèy, Valeria Luiselli’s Beginning Middle End, and Alexander Maksik’s Passengers. In the young people's literature category, Chanel Miller, best known for her memoir Know My Name, is nominated for her novel The Moon Without Stars. Meanwhile, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The School of Night, translated from Norwegian by Martin Aitken, appears on the books in translation list, alongside Ping Lu’s To the East of the East and Intan Paramaditha’s Night of a Thousand Hells. The nonfiction long list includes works such as Colin Asher’s The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music and Camonghne Felix’s Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom. Poetry nominees range from Layli Long Soldier’s We to Victoria Chang’s Tree of Knowledge and Richie Hofmann’s The Bronze Arms, showcasing a diverse array of voices and styles in contemporary poetry.