The 2022 Women’s Prize Longlisted titles on my TBR
I love the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
I anticipate the longlist, then the shortlist, and then the winner. And every year I make a valiant attempt to read as much of the longlist as possible. Then when I inevitably fail, I make the same attempt at the shortlist and fail that too, but I usually end up reading the winner if I haven’t already.
Some of the books that I’ve discovered during this prize have become my very favourites, and I’ve expanded my reading tastes so much through the lists.
Like many, I eagerly anticipated the reveal of the longlist last week and quickly added a whole pile of new titles to my TBR. It’s such a diverse list this year and I’ve heard of hardly any of them! Here’s the list:
I’ve read a gran total of…zero. But I do own a few! So far I own ‘Great Circle’, ‘Sorrow and Bliss’ and ‘This One Sky Day’.
On my 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction TBR is:
‘Sorrow and Bliss’ by Meg Mason
‘The Final Revival of Opal and Nev’ by Dawnie Walton
‘Salt Lick’ by Lulu Allison
‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by Elif Shafak
‘The Paper Palace’ by Miranda Cowley Heller
‘This One Sky Day’ by Leone Ross
‘Great Circle’ by Maggie Shipstead
‘The Sentence’ by Louise Erdrich
I actually attempted ‘Great Circle’ last year as it was getting huge buzz, but I couldn’t get into it. I think it’s one of those novels that if I pick up at the right time, I could fall into and never want to leave, and that’s the same with Leone Ross’s ‘This One Sky Day’ about an island in the Caribbean where everyone has their own small magic. 'Sorrow and Bliss’ is another that has been doing the rounds, along with ‘The Island of Missing Trees’; about a woman who returns to her family home after heartbreak and the other telling the story of a love affair and family by a fig tree.
‘The Final Revival of Opal and Nev’ gives me serious ‘Daisy Jones’ vibes and ‘The Sentence’, a story of a woman who has recently left prison working in a haunted bookstore, are both really up my street. Finally, we have ‘The Paper Palace’ which recounts a passionate encounter in Cape Cod; another one very high on my list!
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Written by Sophie
