The longlist for the 2015 Baileys women’s prize for fiction has been announced!
The chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti says: ‘The Prize’s 20th year is a particularly strong one for women’s fiction. All judges fought hard for their favourites and the result is a 2015 list of 20 to be proud of – with its mix of genres and styles, first-timers and well-known names from around the world.’
Here are the 20 longlisted titles:
- Outline by Rachel Cusk
- Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
- Aren’t We Sisters? by Patricia Ferguson
- I Am China by Xiaolu Guo
- Dear Thief by Samantha Harvey
- Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Offering by Grace McCleen
- The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
- The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neil
- The Bees by Laline Paull
- The Table of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips
- The Walk Home by Rachel Seiffert
- A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
- How to be Both by Ali Smith
- The Shore by Sara Taylor
- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
- The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
- After Before by Jemma Wayne
- The Life of a Banana by PP Wong
You can read more about the Baileys women’s prize for fiction here.
