Top Notch Fiction: The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist

“The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a national prize which honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year. Three judges, chosen annually by the directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, select five books from among the more than 300 works submitted, making this the largest peer-juried award in the country. The winning writer and four finalists are honored at a ceremony held in Washington at the Folger Shakespeare Library in May.”

A Visit From the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan

The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
by Deborah Eisenberg

Lords of Misrule
by Jaimy Gordon

Model Home
by Eric Puchner

Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
by Brad Watson (on order)