News in August 2025
News in August 2025

THE CATCH by Yrsa Daley Ward was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced in the fall, and the overall winner will be announced at the Center for Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit on December 9, 2025. Liveright Publishing Corporation published the book on June 3, 2025.

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AWAKE IN THE FLOATING CITY by Susanna Kwan was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced in the fall, and the overall winner will be announced at the Center for Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit on December 9, 2025. Pantheon published the book on May 13, 2025.

DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced in the fall, and the overall winner will be announced at the Center for Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit on December 9, 2025. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on August 19, 2025.

FLORENZER by Phil Melanson was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize. The shortlist will be announced in the fall, and the overall winner will be announced at the Center for Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit on December 9, 2025. W. W. Norton published the book on June 10, 2025.

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE IN A TIME OF UNNAMEABLE DISASTER by Muriel Leung is a finalist for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction. The winners will be announced via virtual ceremony on October 4, 2025. W.W. Norton & Company published the book on April 25, 2025.