Aspen Words is one of the prompts on my reading challenge Literary Fifteen. It is one of my favourite literary awards due to its thought-provoking novels that touch on themes that are critical to today’s society.
Longlist 2024
The 2024 longlist was announced on November 8th, 2023. The longlisted books are:
- Witness by Jamel Brinkley
- Enter ghost by Isabella Hammad
- Chain-gang All-stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Temple folk by Aaliyah Bilal
- What happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez
- The laughter by Sonora Jha
- The five sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
- The people who report more stress by Alejandro Varela
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
- The heaven & earth grocery store by James McBride
- When trying to return home by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
- I have some questions for you by Rebecca Makkai
- Let us descend by Jesmyn Ward
- Land of milk and honey by C Pam Zhang
My reading
I have read Chain-gang All-stars, I have some questions for you, Yellowface, Let us descend and The heaven & earth grocery store. I DNFed What happened to Ruthy Ramirez. I’m currently reading Enter ghost which will be my last read from the longlist.