Rooster Award for best fiction
sponsored by Field Notes and Bookshop
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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
female body image, children and meaning of life
by Lydia Millet
Literary, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: 5
adults lacking
by James McBride
Historical, Literary | Goodreads | my rating: dnf
by Charles Yu
Literary, China | Goodreads
by Rumaan Alam
Thriller, Mystery | Goodreads | my rating: 4
to be safe
by Raven Leilani
Contemporary, African American | Goodreads | my rating: 4
suburban fantasies, twisted relationships
by Bryan Washington
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Goodreads | my rating: 4
modern love, parents
by Susanna Clarke
Fantasy | Goodreads | my rating: 5
love how this unravels with its many halls and statues along the way
by Kawai Strong Washburn
Magical Realism, Hawaii | Goodreads | my rating: dnf
by Douglas Stuart
Historical, Scotland | Goodreads | my rating: 4
sad realities, but love it there
by Percival Everett
Contemporary, Family | Goodreads
by Agustina Bazterrica
translated by Sarah Moses
Horror, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: 5
creepy, fertility, mortality, morality
by Yaa Gyasi
Contemporary, Africa | Goodreads | my rating: 5
religion, science, addiction, depression
by Brit Bennett
Historical | Goodreads | my rating: 4
living true, what's it worth
by Quan Barry
Historical, Sports, Witches | Goodreads
PLAY-IN ROUND:
by Ilze Hugo
Dystopia, South Africa | Goodreads | my rating: 5
grief, hair, ghostbusters
by Hari Kunzru
SciFi, Germany | Goodreads | my rating: 4
by Gish Jen
SciFi, Baseball | Goodreads
