Rooster Award for best fiction
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Love to treat myself with this annual self challenge of reading some or all of the shortlist books for this tournament.
THE SHORTLIST:
by Mieko Kawakami,
translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Literary, Feminism, Japan | Goodreads | my rating: 5
by Lydia Millet
Literary, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by James McBride
Historical, Literary | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Charles Yu
Literary, China | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Rumaan Alam
Thriller, Mystery | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Raven Leilani
Contemporary, African American | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Bryan Washington
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Susanna Clarke
Fantasy | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Kawai Strong Washburn
Magical Realism, Hawaii | Goodreads | my rating: DNF
by Douglas Stuart
Historical, Scotland | Goodreads | my rating: 4
by Percival Everett
Contemporary, Family | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Agustina Bazterrica
translated by Sarah Moses
Horror, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Yaa Gyasi
Contemporary, Africa | Goodreads | my rating: 5
by Brit Bennett
Historical | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Quan Barry
Historical, Sports, Witches | Goodreads | my rating: tba
PLAY-IN ROUND:
by Ilze Hugo
Dystopia, South Africa | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Hari Kunzru
SciFi, Germany | Goodreads | my rating: tba
by Gish Jen
SciFi, Baseball | Goodreads | my rating: tba
I liked Leave the World Behind, and I want to read The Vanishing Half :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, Yaa Ghasi made the list. I love her writing. You have some good ones to pick from here.
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