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
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Orpheus
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo is a complex and evocative novel that delves into the grief of Abraham Lincoln after the death of his son, Willie. Set in the Bardo, a transitional state between life and […]
Dystopia
The New Wilderness (Diane Cook)
The New Wilderness Author: Diane Cooke List: Recent Prize Winner (Man Booker Short List 2020) Project: dystopia – environmental / government Year of publication: 2020 Pages: 416 Goodreads: The New Wilderness “A dystopian and environmental […]
Recent Prize Winner
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain Author: Douglas Stuart List: Recent Prize Winner (Winner 2020) Year of publication: 2020 Pages: 430 Goodreads: Shuggie Bain
Orpheus
The Music Shop (Rachel Joyce)
The Music Shop Author: Rachel Joyce Project: Orpheus – power of music / love and trust / fleeting nature of happiness Year of publication: 2017 Pages: 368 Goodreads: The Music Shop “A different […]
Open Option
Butcher’s Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher’s Crossing follows Will Andrews, a Harvard student who seeks adventure and heads to the Kansas frontier in the 1870s. There, he joins a buffalo hunting expedition led by the enigmatic Miller. As they face […]
Orpheus
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls follows the story of Briseis, a Trojan queen captured by the Greek hero Achilles during the Trojan War. The novel explores her experiences as a slave, shedding light on the […]