My goal for 2009: 10 books from this list
Winners:
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain (2008)- The Lizard Cage, by Karen Connelly (New Writers 2007)
- On Beauty, by Zadie Smith (2006)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2005)
- Small Island, by Andrea Levy (2004)
- Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (2002)
- The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville (2001)
- Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels (1997)
- A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore (1996)
Nominees:
- Fault Lines, by Nancy Huston (short list 2008)
- The Septembers of Shiraz, by Dalia Sofer (long list 2008)
- The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff (New Writers short list 2008)
- Digging to America, by Anne Tyler (short list 2007)
- What Was Lost, by Catherine O’Flynn (long list 2007)
- Minaret, by Leila Aboulela (long list 2006)
- The Mammoth Cheese, by Sheri Holman (short list 2005)
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian, by Marina Lewycka (short liet 2005)
- Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson (long list 2005)
- Ice Road, by Gillian Slovo (short list 2004)
- The Amateur Marriage, by Anne Tyler (long list 2004)
- What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt (long list 2003)
- In the Forest, by Edna O’Brien (long list 2003)
- Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (long list 2003)
Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters (short list 2002)- Five Quarters of an Orange, by Joanne Harris (long list 2002)
- Amy and Isabelle, by Elizabeth Strout (short list 2000)
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The books I've read from winners and shortlists are highlighted in orange. The books I've read from the longlists are highlighted in green; ratings, links and reviews as indicated.
I've gone through my current stacks of TBR books and found a number of Orange Prize winners and nominees. In the lists below, I have italicized those books I hope to read in 2008.
The Orange Prize for Fiction
2008
The Road Home, by Rose Tremain - WINNER (Read January 16, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)
Fault Lines, by Nancy Huston
The Outcast, by Sadie Jones (Read February 2, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
When We Were Bad, by Charlotte Mendelson
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O'Neill
Lottery, by Patricia Wood
From the Longlist:
The Gathering, by Anne Enright (Read March 9, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
2007
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - WINNER (Read January 7, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Arlington Park, by Rachel Cusk
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai (Read March 17, 2007; rated 4.25/5; read my review)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo
The Observations, by Jane Harris
Digging to America, by Anne Tyler
From the Longlist:
What Was Lost, by Catherine O'Flynn
2006
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith - WINNER
The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
Beyond Black, by Hilary Mantel
The Accidental, by Ali Smith
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, by Carrie Tiffany
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters (read February 12, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
From the Longlist:
Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson (read in 2006; rated 2/5)
Minaret, by Leila Aboulela
2005
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver - WINNER
Old Filth, by Jane Gardam (read May 29, 2007; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
The Mammoth Cheese, by Sheri Holman
Liars and Saints, by Maile Meloy
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka
From the Longlist:
Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson
2004
Small Island, by Andrea Levy - WINNER
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood (Read in 2006; rated 3.5/5)
The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard (Read August 9, 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Read January 24, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
Ice Road, by Gillian Slovo
The Colour, by Rose Tremain
From the Longlist:
The Amateur Marriage, by Anne Tyler
2003
Property, by Valerie Martin - WINNER
Buddha Da, by Anne Donovan
Heligoland, by Shena Mackay
Unless, by Carol Shields
The Autograph Man, by Zadie Smith
The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt
From the Longlist:
What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt
2002
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett- WINNER
No Bones, by Anna Burns
The Siege, by Helen Dunmore
The White Family, by Maggie Gee
A Child's Book of True Crime, by Chloe Hooper
Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters (Read January 24, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)
From the Longlist:
2001
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville - WINNER
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood (Read August 4, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
Fred & Edie, by Jill Dawson
Hotel World, by Ali Smith
Homestead, by Rosina Lippi
Horse Heaven, by Jane Smiley
From the Longlist:
2000
When I Lived in Modern Times, by Linda Grant - WINNER
If I Told You Once, by Judy Budnitz
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
The Dancers Dancing, by Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith (Read in 2003; unrated)
From the Longlist:
The Translator, by Leila Aboulela (Read March 23, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
1999
A Crime in the Neighborhood, by Suzanne Berne - WINNER
The Short History of a Prince, by Jane Hamilton
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (Read July 12, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
Paradise, by Toni Morrison
The Leper's Companions, by Julia Blackburn
Visible Worlds, by Marilyn Bowering
From the Longlist:
1998
Larry's Party, by Carol Shield - WINNER
Lives of the Monster Dogs, by Kirsten Bakis
The Ventriloquist's Tale, by Pauline Melville
The Magician's Assistant, by Ann Patchett
Love Like Hate Adore, by Deirdre Purcell
The Weight of Water, by Anita Shreve
From the Longlist:
1997
Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels - WINNER
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (Read May 14, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
One by One in the Darkness, by Deirdre Madden
Accordion Crimes, by E. Annie Proulx (Read 2006; rated 2/5)
Hen's Teeth, by Manda Scott
I Was Amelia Earhart, by Jane Mendelsohn
From the Longlist:
Fall On Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Read April 28, 2007; rated 4/5; read my review)
1996
A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore - WINNER
The Book of Colour, by Julia Blackburn
Spinsters, by Pagan Kennedy
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
Ladder of Years, by Anne Tyler
Eveless Eden, by Marianne Wiggins
From the Longlist:
The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker (Read December 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
Orange Prize for New Writers
2007
The Lizard Cage, by Karen Connelly - WINNER
Poppy Shakespeare, by Clare Allan
Bitter Sweets, by Roopa Farooki
2006
Disobedience, by Naomi Alderman - WINNER
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, by Yiyun Li
The Dream Life of Sukhanov, by Olga Grushin
2005
26a, by Diana Evans - WINNER
Lucky Girls, by Nell Freudenberger
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff
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