The 2010 Orange Prize for fiction
longlist has been announced. Although a British prize, the Orange Prize is awarded to books by women of any nationality written in English. Past winners have included
Home by
Marilynne Robinson,
The Road Home by Rose Tremain and
Half Of a Yellow Sun by
Chimamanda Adichie. One of the judges on this year's panel found the reading to be hard going. See here for her article
Spare Us Your Misery, Orange Prize Judge Tells Authors in The Guardian.
Amongst the nominees are (for the full list
see):

The Rehearsalby Eleanor
CattonThe Twisted Heartby
Rebecca GowersThis Is Howby M.J.
HylandSmall Warsby Sadie Jones
The Lacunaby Barbara
KingsolverSecret Sonby
Laila LalamiThe Long Song by Andrea Levy
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
A Gate At the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
The Help by Kathryn
StockettThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters


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