Feast your eyes on a whole host of titles that are up for literary awards this year.
The Booker Prizes exist to reward the finest in fiction. The symmetrical relationship between the Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize ensures that the Booker honours fiction on a global basis. Awarded annually for a single book, written in another language and translated into English, this prize aims to encourage more reading of quality fiction from all over the world, and has already had an impact on those statistics in the UK. Translators are included in brackets.
Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi (Jeremy Tiang)
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson (Nichola Smalley)
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (Rosalind Harvey)
Pyre by Perumal Murugan (Aniruddhan Vasudevan)
While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer (Katy Derbyshire)
The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (Danial Vein Becker)
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov (Reuben Woolley)
Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth (Charlotte Barslund)
Standing Heavy by GuaZ' (Frank Wynne)
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Angela Rodel)
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé (Richard Philcox)
The Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan (Chi-Young Kim)
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson (Nichola Smalley)
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (Rosalind Harvey)
Pyre by Perumal Murugan (Aniruddhan Vasudevan)
While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer (Katy Derbyshire)
The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (Danial Vein Becker)
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov (Reuben Woolley)
Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth (Charlotte Barslund)
Standing Heavy by GuaZ' (Frank Wynne)
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Angela Rodel)
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé (Richard Philcox)
The Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan (Chi-Young Kim)
Launched in 2017, The Jhalak Prize celebrates books by British/British resident BAME writers. Unique in that they accept entries published in the UK by writers of colour and include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, graphic novels, poetry and all other genres in the awards.
None of the Above by Travis Albanza
Birdgirl by Mya-Rose Craig
Take Away by Angela Hui
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
I'm a Fan by Shenna Patel
Hiding to Nothing by Anita Pati
Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed
The Room Between Us by Denise Saul
Birdgirl by Mya-Rose Craig
Take Away by Angela Hui
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
I'm a Fan by Shenna Patel
Hiding to Nothing by Anita Pati
Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed
The Room Between Us by Denise Saul
The Women's Prize for Fiction is a celebration of women’s creativity, empowering all women to raise their voice and own their story, regardless of their background. This years team of judges are Louise Minchin, Rachel Joyce, Bella Mackie, Tulip Siddiq and Irenosen Okojie and the winner will be announced Wednesday 14th June. The Women's Trust recently announced that they will be launching a non-fiction award in 2024!
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh (our book of the month!)
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Memphis by Tara Stringfellow
Homesick by Jennifer Croft
I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
Pod by Laline Paull
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh (our book of the month!)
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Memphis by Tara Stringfellow
Homesick by Jennifer Croft
I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
Pod by Laline Paull
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
