Orange/Women’s Prize For Fiction Winners
The Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction) is awarded to the woman who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length novel in English. It can be...
View ArticleMan Booker Prize Winners
I've only read 9/46 of the Man Booker prize winners (I'll explain why in a separate post in a minute) but I really do want to make an effort to go back and close these gaps in my knowledge. It feels a...
View ArticleThe BBC Big Read List of 200 Books
In April 2003 the BBC Big Read survey asked the public to vote for their 200 favourite books of all time. The resulting list is a mix of classics and contemporary trends. It provides a fascinating...
View ArticleThe Classics Club – Links To Everything
Jillian (now privately blogging so no link) announced The Classics Club back in March. The idea is to compile a list of 50 or more ‘classic’ books (a term that is carefully left open to interpretation)...
View ArticleH V Morton Books – Links To Everything
Who is H V Morton and why am I reading him? Well, his full name was Henry Canova Vollam Morton and he was a London based journalist who went on to write dozens of travel books about his adventures...
View ArticleReading Challenges (2012)
From 1001 Books to read before I die to hunting books by favourite authors to reading for 24 hours straight, I like a challenge... Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Guardian’s 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Selected by the Guardian’s Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels – no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems – from any decade and in any language. Originally...
View ArticleReading Challenges (2013)
Links to all my 2013 reading goals/challenges on one handy page. :) Continue reading →
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