The Prize Winning Books of 2024

I have really enjoyed following u this year. I have learned so much. Keep up the good work.

Really interesting! Thank you for this award summary! Definitely a few that are new to me.

At least two of those [Orbital & Kairos] are on my 2025 tbr (and I do tend to read what's on my list), with a few other big maybes - like Bee Sting. I heard about them here so I thank you for that, and of course Have a Happy New Year.

I am currently reading the vegetarian. It is a beautiful book!

Thank you again & again, Eric. It seems we have very similar taste so I’m planning to read Solenoid over the holidays.

I completely agree with you about kairos. It is certainly very masterfully written but at some point it was being immersed in an abusive relationship.

Thank you for this. So what are you writing, Eric?

thanks for this...awesome content.

Maybe follow The Carol Shields Prize instead of the Giller this year.

I have read and really enjoyed 11 of these wonderful books, looking forward to reading Thunderclap, and The Vegetarian next 😊

It amazes me how little overlap there is between the different prizewinners - apart from Praiseworthy - makes you wonder if there isn’t some stage management involved! I just finished Solenoid - took two months but brilliant. I particularly loved how the narrator’s hopes of becoming a writer are dashed by the poetry reading early in the book, yet in the author’s real life his reading of the same poem launched his career - so the whole thing is a kind of ‘what if’ thought experiment!

I really liked this! (can I ask for another one with the genre fiction prizes? pretty please? ❤)

Great idea you had with this video! 👌📚🏆🥇📚

GREAT VIDEO! THANK YOU!

I've read James and Orbital. Planning to read Solenoid next year.

Great video, I've read 11, and a couple of the shortlists/longlists, I've been a real prize groupie this year. Happy Reading 😀

Bellies is a fantastic book! I’d really recommend it

Really enjoyed this awards summary, thank you!

From these books I have read “My Friends” (loved it), “James” (was ok but not the best for me) and “Kairos” (didn’t like it at all). Thanks for the videos. 😊

Wow, talk about a tremendously valuable video. I love that you're on top of all these literary scenes, and in addition to the winning titles, I look forward to exploring the shortlists for all these different awards.

Thank you Eric. That was an excellent review of 2024. A way of enjoy reading through prizes.

Very useful summary! Thank you! I always enjoy your reviews, they are greatly appreciated.

Read 6 (from worst experience to best: Held, Orbital, Doppelgänger, James, Glorious Exploits, My Friends), and 7 more are on my tbr.

My reading tastes are almost perfectly aligned with literary prize juries because many of the books you’ve talked about here are among my top reads of 2024. I’m thinking of making a “My top books of 2024 that HAVEN’T won any awards” video.😅

Aren't you overwhelmed sometimes by all this offer? Too much to discover it all, so frustrating!

Have you read Han Kang’s, “Greek Lessons”? A beautiful exploration of language, the senses and human connection.