"The Moor's Account", Lalami's third book, was published by Pantheon Books in September 2014. The novel is told from the perspective of Estevanico, a Moroccan slave who is documented as part of the ill-fated Narváez expedition of 1527 and was one of four survivors to reach Mexico City in 1536. He later led expeditions as the first black explorer of America. "The Moor's Account" won the American Book Award, the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.