If you haven't spent much time following literary book awards they are an excellent source for interesting reading lists. Here is a listing of books beginning in 1996 to present from the United Kingdom based Orange Prize which celebrate women's fiction. Follow along in order or pick and choose as it pleases.

1996 - A Spell of Winter (Helen Dunmore)

1997 - Fugitive Pieces (Anne Michaels)

1998 - Larry's Party (Carol Shields)

1999 - A Crime in the Neighbourhood (Suzanne Berne)

2000 - When I Lived in Modern Times (Linda Grant)

2001 - The Idea of Perfection (Kate Grenville)

2002 - Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)

2003 - Property (Valerie Martin)

2004 - Small Island (Andrea Levy)

2005 - We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)

2006 - On Beauty (Zadie Smith)

2007 - Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

2008 -

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M. E. Wood lives in Eastern Ontario, Canada. If you are going to find this eclectic reader and writer anywhere it is probably at her computer. For more information visit her official website.