Kirkus Prize finalists include Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar

Kirkus, the long-running trade publication, announced six nominees in each of the three categories Wednesday. Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,” in which an Associated Press reporter is a featured character, is also on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. Flournoy’s “The Wilderness” is her...