Kirkus Reviews, a leading book review magazine, announced the finalists in the fiction, nonfiction and young adult literature categories on Wednesday. The winners in each category will receive $50,000. Other nominees range from new novels by Richard Powers and Louise Erdrich to nonfiction books on abortion rights, the Iraq War and the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger to a picture book by Jason Reynolds.

In addition to “James,” the finalists in the fiction category include Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red,” Powers’ “Playground,” Jennine Capó Crucet’s “Say Hello to My Little Friend,” Paul Lynch’s “Prophet Song,” and Rufi Thorpe’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”

“The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq” by Steve Coll and “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism And Disaster on the Edge of Space” by Adam Higginbotham are nominated in the non-fiction category, as well as Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hull, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing, Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra and Another Word for Love: A Memoir” by Carvell Wallace.

The young adult literature finalists included two picture books: Joanna Ho’s “We Who Produce Pearls,” illustrated by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, and Reynolds’ tribute to Langston Hughes, “There Was a Party,” illustrated by brothers Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey. Also nominated are two middle grade books, Hiba Noor Khan’s “Safiyyah’s War” and Sherri Winston’s “Shark Teeth,” and two young adult books, Kenneth M. Cadow’s “Gather” and Safia Elhillo’s “Bright Red Fruit.”

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Manhattan on October 16.