2025 GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE

finalists

Whether fiction or nonfiction, set in decades past or even the future, these books reflect the vibrancy, complexity, and resilience that define New York. As we enter the fifth year of the Gotham Book Prize, we can’t wait to honor another remarkable work and continue celebrating some of the most creative voices of our city.

2025 FINALISTS:

  • Anita de Monte Laughs Last, Xochitl Gonzalez

  • Brooklynites, Prithi Kanakamedala

  • Do Something, Guy Trebay

  • Entitlement, Rumaan Alam

  • Everything and Nothing at Once, Joél Leon

  • How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster, Muriel Leung

  • Memory Piece, Lisa Ko

  • Movement, Nicole Gelinas

  • Paradise Bronx, Ian Frazier

  • Swans of Harlem, Karen Valby

  • The Freaks Come Out to Write, Tricia Romano

  • The Coin, Yasmin Zaher

  • There Is No Ethan, Anna Akbari

  • Victim, Andrew Boryga