it’s the 25th anniversary of The Women’s Prize aka The Orange Prize. i’ve listed the winners below. i resolve to read each of these books over the next 6 months and track the greatness. i could use the inspiration TBH.
in reality, i’ve read only 4 of the books listed below and my memory is hazy, so i’ll re-read those, too.
it’s a study in titles. i’ll try to pay attention.
- A SPELL OF WINTER (Dunmore)
- FUGITIVE PIECES (Michaels)
- LARRY’S PARTY (Shields)
- A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (Berne)
- WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES (Grant)
- THE IDEA OF PERFECTION (Grenville)
- BEL CANTO (Patchett)
- PROPERTY (Martin)
- SMALL ISLAND (Levy)
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (Shriver)
- ON BEAUTY (Smith)
- HALF OF A YELLOW SUN (Adichie)
- THE ROAD HOME (Tremain)
- HOME (Robinson)
- THE LACUNA (Kingsolver)
- THE TIGER’S WIFE (Tea Obrecht)
- THE SONG OF ACHILLES (Miller)
- MAY WE BE FORGIVEN (Homes)
- A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING (McBride)
- HOW TO BE BOTH (Smith)
- THE GLORIOUS HERESIES (McInerney)
- THE POWER (Alderman)
- HOME FIRE (Shamsie)
- AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE (Jones)
- HAMNET& JUDITH (O’Farrell)