| 3 | 2 |
| Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu | Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason |
| Second Place by Rachel Cusk | Luster by Raven Leilani |
| I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins | Harrow by Joy Williams |
| Palmeras by Gayl Jones | A Calling for Charlie by Joshua Ferris |
| Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiney | Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler |
| How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue | The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohammed |
| Fight Night by Miriam Toews | The Magician by Colm Toiben |
| These Precious Days by Ann Patchett | The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton |
| A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib | Land of Bug Numbers by Te-Ping Chen |
| The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright | The Last Thing he Told Me by Larua Dave |
| Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman | Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir |
| The Committed Viet Thanh Nguyen | The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah |
| Girl A by Abigali Dean | The Plot by Jean Hanff korelitz |
| With Teeth by Kristen Arnett | Still Life by Sarah Winman |
| Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder | Wayward by Dana Spiotta |
| Razorblade Tears by SA Crossby | Invisible Cloud by Andrea Elliott |
| Things I have Withheld by Kei Miller |
| Seek You by Kristen Radtke |
| Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan |
| Infinite Country by Patricia Engel |
| Bewilderment by Richard Powers |
| Mona by Pola Oloixarac |
| Of Women and Salt Gabriele Garcia |
| Real Estate by Deborah Levy |
| Pop Song by Larissa Pham |
| Caul Baby by Morgan Jenkins |
| You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union |
| My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee |
| Taste by Stanley Tucci |