2019 Shortlist

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2019 Shortlist

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1raidergirl3
Apr 28, 2019, 9:00 pm

The shortlist has been announced:

The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker, Hamish Hamilton)
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite, Atlantic)
Milkman (Anna Burns, Faber)
Ordinary People (Diana Evans, Vintage)
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones, Vintage)
Circe (Madeline Miller, Bloomsbury).

Thanks @mdoris for posting this on your thread.
Thoughts?

2raidergirl3
Apr 28, 2019, 9:06 pm

I’m excited because it matches my reading quite well. I had read My Sister, the Serial Killer before longlist, then read An American Marriage (good read, tragic characters), and I just finished Milkman, which I really liked. I also just bought Ordinary People and I seldom buy books new. I liked Evans’ 26A years ago. That leaves Circe which I’m unsure of. I’m not a huge fan of Greek tales but I can get it on audiobook eventually. Silence of the Girls is my last pick because it isn’t at my library yet.

3torontoc
Apr 28, 2019, 11:24 pm

4raidergirl3
Edited: Jun 5, 2019, 8:01 pm

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones wins the 2019 prize