Literary Fifteen 2023 - hosted by bodiesinbooks

Aspen Words Literary Prize
Awarded to novels or short story collections that address questions of violence, inequality, gender, the environment, immigration, religion, race or other social issues. Open to authors of any nationality and translated fiction published by a US publisher.

Longlist of 14 books announced on December 12th, 2022. 7 debut voices, 5 short story collections, 14 works of fiction.

Shortlist:
How not to drown in a glass of water by Angie Cruz
Calling for a blanket dance by Oscar Hokeah
The haunting of Hajji Hotak and other stories by Jamil Jan Kochai
The consequences by Manuel Muñoz
All this could be different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

Winner:
The haunting of Hajji Hotak and other stories by Jamil Jan Kochai
All books added
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri

317 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz

191 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

When We Were Sisters

Fatimah Asghar

327 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

Glory

NoViolet Bulawayo

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz

The Consequences

Manuel Muñoz

181 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid

192 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

6 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

Jamil Jan Kochai

5 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

What We Fed to the Manticore

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

189 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced