Aspen Words

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:

  1. Witness by Jamel Brinkley
  2. Enter ghost by Isabella Hammad
  3. Chain-gang All-stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  4. Temple folk by Aaliyah Bilal
  5. What happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez
  6. The laughter by Sonora Jha
  7. The five sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
  8. The people who report more stress by Alejandro Varela
  9. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
  10. The heaven & earth grocery store by James McBride
  11. When trying to return home by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
  12. I have some questions for you by Rebecca Makkai
  13. Let us descend by Jesmyn Ward
  14. 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.