Living Canon

Debut Award-Winning Books

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  The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

  2026PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler

  2025PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Countries of Origin by Fuentes Javier

  2024PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

  2023PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

  Amazon
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

  2022PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

  2021PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

  Amazon
• A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar

  2020PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• There There by Tommy Orange

  2019PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Chemistry by Weike Wang

  2018PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

  2017PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

  2016PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Elegy on Kinderklavier by Arna Bontemps Hemenway

  2015PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

  2014PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

  2013PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Open City by Teju Cole

  2012PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse

  2011PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

  Amazon
• A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

  2010PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living by Michael Dahlie

  2009PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

  2008PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Brief Encounters With Che Guevara by Ben Fountain

  2007PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

  2006PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• GraceLand by Chris Abani

  2005PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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• Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh

  2004PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

  Amazon
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  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. W by George Brownstein

  2003PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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  Mary and O’Neil by Justin Cronin

  2002PEN/HemingwayDebut Novel

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