Golden Poppy Awards Long List 2021
FICTION
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave (S&S)
Better Luck Next Time, by Julia Claiborne Johnson (Custom House)
Guncle, by Steven Rowley (Putman)
We Run the Tides, by Vendela Vida (Ecco)
Good Company, by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (Ecco)
My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead)
The Committed, by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press)
When the Stars Go Dark, by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
Sarahland, by Sam Cohen (Hachette)
Afterparties, by Anthony Veasna So (Ecco)
NON-FICTION
Dream State: California in the Movies, by Mick LaSalle (Heyday Books)
Her Honor, by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Celadon)
The Ugly Cry, by Danielle Henderson (Viking)
Inner State, by Jose Vadi (Soft Skull Press)
Love is an Ex-Country, by Randa Jarrar (Catapult)
Black Panther Party, by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Speed Press)
Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley's Mission to Change the Way We Eat,by Larissa Zimberoff (Abrams)
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War, by Alice L Baumgartner (Basic Books)
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020, by Rachel Kushner (Scribner)
We Are Each Other's Harvest, by Natalie Baszile (Amistad)
Food/Cooking
Food Between Friends: A Cookbook, by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Tanous (Clarkson Potter)
A Table, by Rebekah Peppler (Chronicle Books)
1,001 Paleo Recipes: The Ultimate Collection of Grain- and Gluten-Free Recipes to Meet Your Every Need, by Arsy Vartanian, etal (Page Street Publishing)
Chi Spacca: A New Approach to American Cooking, by Nancy Silverton, Ryan DeNicola, Carolynn Carreno (Knopf)
At Home in the Kitchen Simple Recipes From a Chef’s Night Off, by David Kinch & Devin Fuller (Ten Speed Press)
Hero's Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook, by Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Michael Witwer (Ten Speed Press)
The Essential Carnivore Diet: 60 Delicious Recipes for Healing and Weight Loss, by Vivica Menegaz, Erin Blevins (Page Street Publishing)
The Flour Craft Bakery & Cafe Cookbook: Inspired Gluten Free Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, and Celebrations, by Heather Hardcastle (Welcome Books)
Bavel: Modern Recipes Inspired by the Middle East, by Ori Menashe, Genevieve Gergis, Lesley Suter (Ten Speed Press)
28 Days Vegan: A Complete Guide for Beginners, by Lisa Butterworth, Amelia Wasiliev (Smith Street Books)
T. Jefferson Parker Award - MYSTERY, SUSPENSE & THRILLER
A Man Named Doll, by Jonathan Ames (Mulholland)
Clark & Division, by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Pr.)
Island of Thieves, by Glen Erik Hamilton (Morrow)
Meet Isabel Puddles, by M. V. Byrne (Kensington)
One Got Away, by S. A. Lenchuk (Flatiron)
The Wonder Test, Michelle Richmond (Atlantic Monthly)
Northern Spy, by Flynn Berry (Viking)
Spy in the Struggle, by Aya De Leon (Da Fina)
Savage Road, by Chris Hauty (Atria)
POETRY
Tenderness, by Derrick Austin (BOA Editions)
Blood on the Fog, by Tongo Eisen-Martin (City Lights)
I’ll Fly Away, by Rudy Francisco (Button Poetry)
Mule Kick Blues: And Last Poems, by Michael McClure (City Lights
Twice Alive, by Forrest Gander (New Directions)
Little Elegies for Sister Satan, by Michael Palmer (New Directions)
100 Words, by Damon Potter & Truong Tran (Omnidawn)
wyrd] bird, by Claire Marie Stancek (Omnidawn)
Storage Unit for the Spirit House, by Maw Shein Win (Omnidawn)
SF/FANTASY
We Could Be Heroes, by Mike Chen (Mira)
The Arrest, by Jonathan Lethem (Ecco)
The Hidden Palace, Helene Wecker (Harper)
Catalyst Gate (The Protectorate #3), by Megan E. O’Keefe (Orbit)
The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey (Tor)
The Princess Knight (The Scarred Earth Saga #2), by G.A. Aiken (Kensington)
ROMANCE
The Forever Girl, by Jill Shalvis (Morrow)
Waiting for Scot Like You, by Eva Leigh (Avon)
The Hate Project, by Kris Ripper (Harlequin)
The Soulmate Equation, by Christina Lauren (Gallery)
The Scot Who Loved Me, by Gina Conkle (Avon)
Who’s the Boss Now?, by Susannah Erwin (Harlequin Desire)
While We Were Dating, by Jasmine Guillory (Berkley)
The Heart Principle, by Helen Hoang (Berkley)
I’m Only Wicked With You, by Julie Anne Long (Avon)
A Duke Worth Fighting For, by Christina Britton (Forever)
MARTIN CRUZ SMITH Diversity AWARD
What Storm, What Thunder, by Myriam Chancy (Tin House)
Revival Season, Monica West (Simon & Schuster)
Skinship, by Yoon Choi (Knopf)
Dear Memory, by Victoria Chang (Milkweed)
Gordo, by Jaime Cortez (Black Cat)
Radical Belonging, by Lindo Bacon (BenDella)
The Wrong End of the Telescope, by Rabih Alameddine (Grove Press)
The Last Nomad, by Shugri Said Salh (Algonquin)
Afterparties, by Anthony Veasna So (Ecco)
Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, by Carribean Fragoza (City Lights)
Not a Nation of Immigrants, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Beacon Press)
A Better Life: Poems, by Randall Mann (Persea)
GLENN GOLDMAN AWARD
Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective, by Paul Martineau, Susan Ehrens (J. Paul Getty Museum)
L.A. Graffiti Black Book, by David Brafman (Getty Research Institute)
Under Western Skies: Visionary Gardens from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, by Jennifer Jewell (Timber Press)
Jock Peters, Architecture and Design: The Varieties of Modernism, by Christopher Long (Bauer And Dean Publishers)
PICTURE BOOKS
Eyes That Kiss In the Corners, by Joanna Ho, illus. Dung Ho (HarperCollins)
Hello, Moon, by Julie Downing (Neal Porter Books)
Little Sap, by Jan Hughes, illus. Ruth Hengeveld (Cameron Kids)
Milo Imagines the World, by Matt de la Peña, illus. Christian Robinson (Putnam BFYR)
Orangutan Hats & Other Tools Animals Use, by Richard Hayes, illus. Stephanie Laberis (Candlewick)
Paletero Man, by Lucky Diaz, illus. Micah Player (HarperCollins)
Sounds Like School Spirit, by Meg Flemming, illus. Lucy Ruth Cummins (Dial Books)
Two Many Birds, Cindy Derby (Roaring BRook)
Wishes, by Muon Thi Van, illus. Victo Ngai (Orchard Books)
MIDDLE GRADE
The House That Wasn’t There, by Elana K. Arnold (Walden Pond)
Oddity, by Eli Brown (Candlewick)
Girl Giant & the Monkey King, by Van Hoang (Roaring Brook)
Brave in the Woods, by Traci Holczer (Putnam BFYR)
The Lion of Mars, by Jennifer Holm (Random House BFYR)
The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor (Kokila)
Clues to the Universe, by Christine Li (HarperCollins)
The Samosa Rebellion, by Shanti Sekaran (HarperCollins)
The Elephant in the Room, by Holly Sloan Goldberg (Dial Books)
Weird Kid, by Greg van Eekhout (HarperCollins)
YOUNG ADULT
An Emotion of Great Delight, by Tahereh Mafi (HarperCollins)
Luck of the Titanic, by Stacey Lee (Putnam BFYR)
When We Were Infinite, by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Instructions for Dancing, by Kara Lee Corthron (Delacorte)
Black Birds in the Sky, by Brandy Colbert (HarperCollins)
Happily Ever After, by Elise Bryant (HarperCollins)
Love & Other Natural Disasters, by Misa Sugiura (HarperTeen)
Squad, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (HarperCollins)
Super Fake Love Song, by David Yoon (Putnam BFYR)
Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet)
Daughters of Jubilation, by Kara Lee Corthron (Simon & Schuster BFYR)
MIRRORS & WINDOWS * ILLUSTRATED
A Song of Frutas, by Margarite Engle (Atheneum BFYR)
Ambitious Girl, by Meena Harris (Little, Brown BFYR)
Eyes That Kiss In the Corners, by Joanna Ho (HarperCollins)
Ginger & Chrysanthemum, by Kristen Mai Giang (Levine Querido)
Home Is In Between, by Mitali Perkins (FSG)
Paletero Man, by Lucky Diaz, illus. Micah Player (HarperCollins)
Playing at the Border, by Joanna Ho & Teresa Martinez (HarperCollins)
Snow Angel, Sand Angel, by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, illus. Ashley Lukashevky (Make Me a World)
When Lola Visits, by Michelle Sterling, ills. Aaron Asis (Katherine Tegan Books)
MIRRORS & WINDOWS * TEXT-BASED STORIES
Serena Says, by Tanita S. Davis (Katherine Tegen Books)
Clues to the Universe, by Christina Lee (Quill Tree Books)
Happily Ever Afters, by Elise Bryant (Balzer + Bray)
Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous, by Suzanne Park (Sourcebooks)
From Little Tokyo With Love, by Sarah Kuhn (Viking)
Luck of the Titanic, by Stacey Lee (Putnam)
Super Fake Love Song, by David Yoon (Putnam)
Meet Cute Diary, by Emery Lee (Quill Tree Books)
Jukebox, by Nidhi Chanani (First Second)
Chunky, by Yehudi Mercado (Katherine Tegan Books)