Recent Prize Winner
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire Author: Kamila Shamsie Year of publication: 2017 List: Recent Prize Winner (2017 Long List) Pages: 276 Goodreads: Home Fire
identity
Identity
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Author: Jeanette Winterson Project: Identity – Sexual Identity Year of publication: 1985 Pages: 224 Goodreads: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Identity
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth Author: Zadie Smith Project: Identity – postcolonial / racial / hybrid cultural Year of publication: 2000 Pages: 448 Goodreads: White Teeth
Identity
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Project: Identity – racial / hybrid cultural Year of publication: 2013 Pages: 477 Goodreads: Americanah
Orpheus
The Noise of Time (Julian Barnes)
The Noise of Time Author: Julian Barnes Project: Orpheus – power of music Year of publication: 2016 Pages: 184 Goodreads: The Noise of Time “‘Being hero is easier than being a coward’. During […]
War
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2001 Pages: 335 Goodreads: Atonement “Revolving around the search for identity and overcoming guilt divided into three periods, including World […]
Open Option
Butcher’s Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher’s Crossing Author: John Williams List: Open Option Year of publication: 1960 Pages: 274 Goodreads: Butcher’s Crossing “A Western about the loss of the Frontier; full of adventure, hardship, and comradery. About seeking […]
Open Option
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf List: Open Option Year of publication: 1927 Pages: 209 Goodreads: To the Lighthouse
Open Option
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist Author: Charles Dickens List: Pre-modern Year of publication: 1836 Pages: 300 Goodreads: Oliver Twist
Dystopia
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let me Go Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Project: Orpheus – power of music / unaccepted death / fleeting nature of happiness / love and trust Project: dystopia – technology / social injustice Year of publication: […]