Long list was announced in September 2017.
Short list was announced in November 2017:
Olga Breininger. V Sovetskov Soiuze ne bylo adderola.
Aleksandr Brenner. Zhitiia ubiennykh khudozhnikov.
Dmitrii Glukhovskii. Tekst.
Vladimir Medvedev. Zakhkhok.
German Sadullaev. Ivan Auslender.
Aleksei Salnikov. Petrovy v grippe i vokrug nego.
Vladimir Sorokin, Manaraga.
Stanislav Snytko. Belaia kist'.
Anna Tugaraeva. Inshalla. Chechenskii dnevnik.
Andrei Filimonov. Golovastik i sviatye.