The Prize Winning Books of 2023

I review many of the books which won literary prizes in 2023 discussing whether I think they are worthy winners and worth reading. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Prize info & reviews:

Nobel Prize
Jon Fosse

Booker Prize:    • Booker Prize 2023 Winner Reaction & C...  
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch:    • Prophet Song by Paul Lynch / Review  

International Booker Prize:    • International Booker 2023 Winner Reac...  
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (translated by Angela Rodel):    • Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov / R...  

Women's Prize for Fiction:    • Women's Prize for Fiction Winner Reac...  
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver:    • Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolve...  

Pulitzer Prize:    • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2023 Contr...  
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Trust by Hernan Diaz: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...

National Book Award
Blackouts by Justin Torres

Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize:    • This Book Will Never Win the Booker P...  
In Memoriam by Alice Winn:    • In Memoriam by Alice Winn / Review  

Orwell Prize for Political Fiction:    • The Orwell Prize for Fiction Shortlis...  
The New Life by Tom Crewe:    • The New Life by Tom Crewe / Review  

The Polari Book Prize
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Books Are My Bag Readers Awards
Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...

Irish Book Awards (Eason Novel of the Year)
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray:    • My Theory About the Ending of The Bee...  

LA Times Books Prize for Fiction
Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu (translated by Sean Cotter):    • Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu / Review  

Goldsmiths Prize
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers

British Book Awards
Fiction: Babel by R.F. Kuang
Debut Book of the Year: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
The Discover Book of the Year: I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel
Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year: Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell

Royal Society Science Book Prize:    • The Royal Society Science Book Prize ...  
An Immense World by Ed Yong

The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding:    • The British Academy Book Prize for Gl...  
Courting India by Nandini Das

Jhalak Prize
None of the Above by Travis Alabanza

Rathbones Folio Prize Book of the Year
Non-Fiction: Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson

David Cohen Prize for Literature
John Burnside

Joyce Carol Oates Prize
Manuel Munoz

Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
Oxblood by Tom Benn

The Wilber Smith Adventure Writing Prize:    • The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Pr...  
No Country for Girls by Emma Styles

Stella Prize
The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt

Giller Prize
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein:    • I was wrong about this book  

Forward Prizes for Poetry
Best Collection: Self Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Winner announcements
2:45 Nobel Prize
4:30 Booker Prize
7:40 International Booker Prize
10:23 Womens Prize for Fiction
11:50 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
13:06 National Book Award
14:17 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
15:21 Orwell Prize for Fiction
16:36 Polari Book Prize
18:04 Books Are My Bag Award
19:16 Irish Book Awards
20:53 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction
22:34 Goldsmiths Prize
24:24 The British Book Awards
28:38 The Royal Society Science Book Prize
29:09 The British Academy Book Prize
30:03 Jhalak Prize
30:54 Rathbones Folio Prize
31:24 David Cohen Prize
32:04 Joyce Carol Oates Prize
32:56 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
33:27 The Wilber Smith Adventure Writing Prize
34:03 Stella Prize
34:25 Giller Prize
35:43 Forward Prizes for Poetry
36:14 Conclusion

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