[Mummy2907]

My book club has decided that we will have a theme for our books next year, and it is to be 'award-winning' books (e.g. Pulitzers, etc).

Can someone suggest something for me? It should be a fiction book, not too long (e.g. under 350 pages), and obviously award-winning (not Hugo please, not a fan of sci-fi or fantasy!).

As a guide, I like books by Jodi Picoult, Bryce Courtney, Kim Edwards, etc.

Thanks for any suggestions :-)

[TwoTs]

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My book club has decided that we will have a theme for our books next year, and it is to be 'award-winning' books (e.g. Pulitzers, etc).

Can someone suggest something for me? It should be a fiction book, not too long (e.g. under 350 pages), and obviously award-winning (not Hugo please, not a fan of sci-fi or fantasy!).

As a guide, I like books by Jodi Picoult, Bryce Courtney, Kim Edwards, etc.

Thanks for any suggestions :-)

[TwoTs]

Sorry about the above, anything by Geraldine brooks is fantastic, "march" she won a Pulitzer prize," year of wonders" and "people of the book " are two of my favorites of all time they are fantastic

[noi'mnot]

I just finished Wolf Hall (Man Booker winner) by Hilary Mantel which was fantastic, but I think a bit over 650 pages. It is in parts, though, so you could read it in sections? It was great!

I'm now reading the sequel, Bring Up The Bodies, it's a lot shorter, and I'm loving that too.

[Academic]

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga are both brilliant books that have won Man Bookers.

[SeaPrincess]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, won the Pulitzer in 1961.
Absolutely one of my favourite books and I was astounded that people in my book club hadn't read it!

This post has been edited by shmach: 14/11/2012, 12:34 AM

[Kwyjibo]

I recently read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon.

Fits your criteria (226 pages, 3 awards) and a really fascinating read to boot.

[FiveAus]

I would second To Kill a Mockingbird. It will grab you from the first page and you won't be able to put it down.

Another one (and one which I consider to be an Aussie "Mockingbird") is Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. It's won a swag of awards and it's one of my favourite books ever.

[economist99]

Tha Slap by Melourne's Christos Tsloikas - which won the Commonwealth writers prize, was widely acclaied and made into a ABC miniseries starringMelissa George - th TV series won international Emmies and is thebest series Ive ever seen produced in Australia - riveting drama and flawless acting.

The plot of The Slap you will probably find engaging as it follows 6 characted in urban Melbourne including the irritating attachment parenting Rosie, who seems to be present on a lot of EB message boards Highly recommended

[Mummy2907]

Thanks for the suggestions. We've already done 'The Slap', 'The Blind Assassin' and 'The Curious Incident of the the Dog..'

'To Kill A Mockingbird' is also my all-time favourite book, but most of my book group members did this as a high-school book and aren't too keen on those. (I once suggested 'Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant' and was shot down in flames for the same reason - LOL!)

Will look into some of the other titles, feel free to offer more suggestions, thanks