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Your favorite books from the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction

Description: Rank the books you've read from the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize (formerly Orange Prize) longlist in order of preference.

Based on bookaward: 2014 Baileys Women's Prize longlist

Members: 22 participating members (show all)

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1
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
12,643 members, 730 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), starbox (1), nancyewhite (1), lsh63 (1), librariansteffen2 (1), lorannen (1), melonbrawl (2), GCPLreader (2), BLBera (3), auntmarge64 (3), rainpebble (4) — 4 more, AnneDC (4), lauralkeet (4), brenpike (8), raidergirl3 (8)

Score: 50.05

2
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,556 members, 276 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: BLBera (1), Yells (1), kara.shamy (2), kidzdoc (2), lauralkeet (2), melonbrawl (3), AnneDC (3), librariansteffen2 (3), brenpike (4), rainpebble (5), raidergirl3 (5)

Score: 35.39

3
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
3,191 members, 254 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: rainpebble (1), vancouverdeb (2), brenpike (2), kara.shamy (3), starbox (3), GCPLreader (3), raidergirl3 (3), melonbrawl (5), librariansteffen2 (6)

Score: 28.12

4
The Burgess Boys
by Elizabeth Strout
2,187 members, 203 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: mishy215 (1), BLBera (2), Yells (2), auntmarge64 (2), kara.shamy (4), raidergirl3 (4), nomadreader (6), brenpike (7), librariansteffen2 (11)

Score: 26.96

5
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
2,985 members, 169 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: starbox (2), AnneDC (2), Yells (3), kidzdoc (3), lauralkeet (3), brenpike (5), raidergirl3 (7), BLBera (8), librariansteffen2 (10)

Score: 25.61

6
The Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
4,395 members, 229 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kidzdoc (1), merry10 (1), lauralkeet (1), Soupdragon (2), librariansteffen2 (2), kara.shamy (5), AnneDC (5)

Thumbs down: GCPLreader

Score: 22.08

7
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
3,014 members, 186 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: GCPLreader (1), auntmarge64 (1), BLBera (4), melonbrawl (4), librariansteffen2 (4), kara.shamy (6), brenpike (6)

Score: 21.6

8
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
by Eimear McBride
942 members, 55 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Soupdragon (1), brenpike (3), AnneDC (6), kara.shamy (7), nomadreader (7)

Score: 14.51

9
The Undertaking
by Audrey Magee
255 members, 19 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: AnneDC (1), vancouverdeb (1), nomadreader (1)

Score: 12

10
MaddAddam
by Margaret Atwood
3,079 members, 149 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: nancyewhite (2), lorannen (2), BLBera (5), raidergirl3 (6)

Score: 11.96

11
Eleven Days
by Lea Carpenter
84 members, 6 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: brenpike (1), rainpebble (2), nomadreader (4)

Score: 10.19

12
Still Life With Bread Crumbs
by Anna Quindlen
1,388 members, 153 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: raidergirl3 (1), rainpebble (3), nomadreader (5), librariansteffen2 (12)

Thumbs down: Soupdragon

Score: 9.86

13
Almost English
by Charlotte Mendelson
191 members, 7 reviews
3.14 stars (3.14 stars)

Lists: starbox (4), kidzdoc (4), librariansteffen2 (5), brenpike (9)

Thumbs down: vancouverdeb

Score: 8.64

14
The Bear
by Claire Cameron
328 members, 42 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: nomadreader (2), raidergirl3 (2)

Score: 6.73

15
The Strangler Vine
by M. J. Carter
492 members, 36 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: melonbrawl (1), BLBera (7)

Score: 6.46

16
The Dogs of Littlefield
by Suzanne Berne
107 members, 8 reviews
3.12 stars (3.12 stars)

Lists: nomadreader (3), librariansteffen2 (9)

Score: 5.35

17
All the Birds, Singing
by Evie Wyld
810 members, 56 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: BLBera (6), nomadreader (8)

Score: 4.93

18
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner
1,423 members, 81 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: librariansteffen2 (7), kara.shamy (8)

Thumbs down: GCPLreader

Score: 2.84

19
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
by Fatima Bhutto
127 members, 10 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: librariansteffen2 (8)

Score: 2.38

20
Reasons She Goes to the Woods
by Deborah Kay Davies
75 members, 4 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Score: 0

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Started by: raidergirl3 (March 2014)

Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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