Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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In which I muse about the @WomensPrizeforFiction shortlist, suggesting for each shortlisted novel other books that you might enjoy.

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Books discussed:

For Firerush

Ordinary People by Diane Evans
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Canon

For Trespasses

Remains by Berlie Doherty
Wolf by Gillian Cross

For Demon Copperhead

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale

For Black Butterflies

The Siege by Helen Dunmore
War Stories by Jeremy Bowen

For The Marriage Portrait

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunnant
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks

For Pod

From the Wreck by Jane Rawson
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson