2020 Longlist

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Actress by Anne Enright
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
How We Disappeared by JingJing Lee
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Girl by Edna O' Brien
Hamnet by Maggie O' Farrell
Weather by Jenny Offill
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Short list to be announced April 22nd. Winner to be announced June 3rd.

thanks for the list from mdoris

eta: here's the link for the traditional LIST. Rank 'em as you read 'em
https://www.librarything.com/list/21371/all/2020-Womens-Prize-for-Fiction-Longli...

Thoughts?

I've already read 4: Fleishman is in Trouble - okay, but could have been shorter; Queenie - loved; The Dutch House - listened to it, read by Tom Hanks who was excellent, good story; Red at the Bone - good, solid read.
I've also got Girl, Woman, Other out from the library right now, so I will get to it very soon.
I've read books by O'Farrell, Enright, and Offill, and loved them, so I am really looking forward to those three books.
Oh, the excitement of a list of books!

I was really surprised to see The Mirror and the Light on the shortlist, since it's only just now being released. But of course the judges have advance access. I'm looking forward to reading that one.

I enjoyed The Dutch House and Red at the Bone, both books by favorite authors. I thought Girl, Woman, Other was really impressive, unique and well crafted.

I added the Longlist into a List for everyone to rank as you read.

https://www.librarything.com/list/21371/all/2020-Womens-Prize-for-Fiction-Longli...

>3 lauralkeet: I think it was your review, among several, that really interested me in Girl, Woman, Other. Planning to start it as my next book.

>4 raidergirl3: Thank you for doing this. I love these lists

>5 raidergirl3: just catching up with this. That's nice, and I hope you enjoy(ed) it.

I have The Dutch House on my TBR pile.

Will have to chase the others up

Arrgh! I have only The Mirror and the Light and have been a bit afraid of reading it. The rest of these, I don't know about. While I'd like to fix that in July, I don't know about that either.

>9 LizzieD: I thought The Mirror and the Light was fabulous. Why are you afraid of reading it, Peggy?

>10 lauralkeet: I am afraid I'll be terribly affected by Cromwell's end, Laura. I'm sure that it's fabulous. I also have that hoarding thing going on.

>11 LizzieD: ahhh, okay. I get that. I thought perhaps you were afraid the book wouldn't live up to your expectations, in which case I would have stepped in to disabuse you of that notion.