Glasgow.

Carolyn Reidy,

in

Others on the fiction list include

Rumaan Alam’s’ “Leave the World Behind,” Christopher Beha’s “The Index of SelfDestructive Acts,” Lydia Millet’s “A Children’s Bible” and Deesha

Philyaw’s “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.” Also nominated were Vanessa Veselka’s “The Great Offshore Grounds” and

Charles Yu’s town.”

Some off the year’s most anticipated works did not make the list, including Marilynne Robinson’s “Jack,” Ayad Akhtar’s “Homeland Elegies” and Sigrid Nunez’s “What You Are Going Through,” her first novel since winning the National Book Award two years ago for “The Friend.” (Agencies)

“Interior China