Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Ranking & Winner Predictions

Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Ranking & Winner Predictions | June 2024

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@louisesavidgemuses4135 6 ай бұрын

Gosh! That teacher look 😮 Scared myself 😮😂😂😂

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I have known it for decades 😱

@kirstyhatton1857 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your first Women's Prize ranking video of this year. Keeping my fingers crossed for Brotherless night.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Those crossed fingers worked, mum and I are so chuffed!

@marjoriedybec3450 6 ай бұрын

I'm sure you know what a special connection you share through books. Its a delight to hear you "waffle on" together. I definitely need to get to The Wren, The Wren. Might be next year, though. My dance card is full. TY. Have fun tomorrow (whenever that was.)

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Books will wait for you, no rush, hope you enjoy the Enright when you get to it.

@eringolive 6 ай бұрын

The banter in this video was top notch. 😛

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ht6743 6 ай бұрын

Going with my gut and predicting Enter Ghost. Lovely predictions video!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thrilled the double Savidge favourite won!

@kathy2539 6 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to reading some of these, I have River East, River Wast, Brotherless Night on my shelf to read and have many of the others on my tbr list to read. Love your viogs and will be waiting to watch your non-fiction picks, too.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy whichever ones you end up getting to!

@MeMyDogAndBooks 6 ай бұрын

I love watching you and your mum! I am working from home today so love having you both keep me company !

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It is really lovely how the prize has brought us together all the more, me and mum I mean - it might sound weird if I am implying that to everyone who watches us hahaha.

@beckybleaden 6 ай бұрын

OK now I'm really intrigued and will now try to read the shortlist! When the longlist was announced I really wasn't hooked in, but you've persuaded me (especially Simon's top 3!)

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy them when you get to them. Some corking books. Even when the longlist is a bit off, the womens prize shortlist is generally a banger and this one was.

@carolewatson2113 6 ай бұрын

Thank you again for the brilliant content. You both invest so much time and effort into your vlogs. It is appreciated.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

A pleasure, they can be a lot of fun to make.

@cindyhaiken5644 6 ай бұрын

I am fascinated by how similar your rankings were and also felt that you were compellingly color coordinated in your wardrobe choices as well. I am in complete alignment with Louise in terms of my own rankings of the six books (which means that Simon and I are pretty close). Apart from wondering if the Carol Shields Prize win will affect the outcome, I think Brotherless Nights is also the front runner.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

The wardrobe coordination was sheer fluke Cindy, hahaha. I think this may be the most closely aligned we have been on the shortlist before. The last time we both picked the same winner was Hamnet. I was fairly sure the Carol Shields win wouldn't affect it, and hooray it didn't, as having judged a few prizes (and soon to judge another) you are always told to forget everything except the text of the book, no other prizes, not sales, not the author, nothing.

@ellenmadebookclub 6 ай бұрын

Such an interesting conversation, thank you! I really want to read your top two.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

It’s the second year in all the years we’ve done this we’ve had a favourite number one BUT am the first we’ve had a matching top two!

@mradcaqbdb 6 ай бұрын

Really quite wonderful and insightful reviews from you both. I have nothing invested in this year’s list, but you have gotten me more interested in a few of the titles.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Sometimes it is fun/easier to have no skin in the game.

@mradcaqbdb 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads Sometimes, but not this time. At least not for me. 🥱

@annie-mz9956 6 ай бұрын

Great review of these wonderful books. I’m so torn with Enter Ghost and Brotherless Night. How wonderful you are both going to the prize announcement! Can’t wait to hear all about it!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

It is a great honour we get to go to the finale every year, we even got filmed for a Vox pop this year so that will be fun to see if and when it comes out! I am so thrilled for Brotherless Night.

@giselaperez6746 6 ай бұрын

Agree! Brotherless Night is a hard beautiful book❤

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Brutally beautiful.

@barbarahelgaker390 6 ай бұрын

My number 1 too!! Fingers crossed. Loved it -

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Those crossed fingers worked 😉

@barbarahelgaker390 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads But unfortunately not for non fiction - was so hoping for Babylon!

@libraryofallie 6 ай бұрын

i have been looking forward to this!!!! i was only able to read through eight of the longlisted books until i was rendered exhausted 🤣 fabulous video!!! xxx

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, what do you make of the winner?

@ClareReads 6 ай бұрын

Great overview of the books - I’m in complete agreement with Louise other than swapping Soldier Sailor and The Wren, The Wren around. Brotherless Night was just a level above for me as well, absolutely gripping from start to finish

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I am soooooooo pleased Brotherless Night won!

@katrinaandallthebooks7993 6 ай бұрын

I have Brotherless Night on my shelves and I think you’ve decided my next read. The premise reminds me of a poem I used to teach called The Right Word by Imitaz Dharker about a child ‘terrorist’. The Wren, The Wren completely passed me by, I loved The Green Road but haven’t read anything else by the author. Great reviews.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy Brotherless Night when you get to it and would urge you to head to The Wren, The Wren too.

@melissajordan4325 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the discussion between the two of you, especially coming from two perspectives. I’m very excited now to read the wren, the wren and soldier sailor❤

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy them when you do, though after some of the things Claire Kilroy said on stage I don't think Mum and I will be pushing that book into anyones hands now.

@robo8877 5 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReadsinterested to hear what was said on stage, unable to find full recording of the event to watch back and would be curious to stay in the loop on this point

@wendycayless 6 ай бұрын

Interesting that you didn't hear an "Australian voice" in Restless Dolly Maunder", Louise. I found it very Australian. OOOH if you go to Sri Lanka, do stay at Tree Tops Jungle Lodge, adjacent to Yala National Park. We stayed there twice. And, read Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens which won the Miles Franklin here in Australia last year. I've only read Restless Dolly Maunder so far but have Brotherless Night, River East, River West and Enter Ghost on my TBR

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Recommendations of both the lodge and the book noted, I actually have Chai Time on my shelves.

@janedolman6691 6 ай бұрын

Brotherless Night was also my favourite 🎉🎉🎉 can’t wait for the event tomorrow

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Soooooo pleased Brotherless Night won, hooray!

@azu_rikka 6 ай бұрын

Lovely video! I just noticed that River east, River west is written by Aube (french for dawn) and the main character is Alba (italian for dawn). Is the book autofiction? Anyway, you sold me on it, plus Enter ghost and Brotherless night. Thank you!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

She talked a bit about this in her reading from the book at the shortlist event and whilst it isn't auto fiction (there was a lot of discussion around why women always get asked if all their books are auto fiction and male authors never do) she was in Shanghai at the time and knows what it is like to have two cultures in her family, but that was it.

@MeMyDogAndBooks 6 ай бұрын

I DNF'd it on audio (Brotherless night) but think I might need to pick it up again and try in paperback

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

It may just not be for you, it happens with books, its kind of (weirdly) all part of the fun and frolics of reading.

@MeMyDogAndBooks 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads agree but I’ve just got it out from the library to try in paperback instead 🤞🏻

@valdeane6435 6 ай бұрын

I really liked Enter Ghost and Brotherless Night and would be very happy if either of them win. Also Simon, bearing in mind what you said when you were talking about Enter Ghost, I have just finished reading Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa which is probably going to be my favourite book of the year!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Ooh I have one of Susan Abulhawa's books on my shelves, not Mornings in Jenin, though Mum has read and loved that.

@taneesewilson8844 6 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed your discussion and rating for the WP Simon and Louise. Brotherless Night and Soldier Sailor are my choices to win this year. 📚I feel the excitement in the air for this! 😀Have fun at the awards ceremony and looking forward to some pics😊

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I am so thrilled Brotherless Night won!

@TheEmzies 6 ай бұрын

I'm with you Simon on Soldier Sailor. After the first few pages, I wanted to say "yes, motherhood is hard, you're not getting the support you want and need, can we have some plot now". I think it has resonated with many because like Louise suggests it validates their experiences. It's a good book and I enjoyed it but as a childfree person, it didn't stick with me as much as others on the shortlist.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Interesting, I didn't feel that after the first few pages, I just wanted to be more fixed/embedded in her world before the unravelling and stream of consciousness really kicked off, ha. Thrilled Brotherless Night won.

@thebritishbookworm 6 ай бұрын

I had to pause the video to comment on how traumatized I am at Louise calling late 30s middle aged 🤣😂 Love these women’s prize videos!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Right!! Hahaha, honestly what was my mother thinking 😉

@dqan7372 6 ай бұрын

Great to hear about Enter Ghost from a teacher's perspective and Soldier Sailor from a mother's perspective. I'd be very happy with either of those winning. Seems like on the channels I've been watching Brotherless Night has been such a widely regarded second or third choice that I can totally see it winning over the jury. The Wren often comes across as terrific writing in need of a better story, so it's interesting to hear from someone who values it more.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I would personally disagree that The Wren, The Wren was in need of a better story. I thought it was phenomenal on all counts, prose, story, characters, the whole gamut. I’m thrilled the Savidge’s favourite won.

@lesleybradley9370 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant vlog just loved it. Got all the books ordered from the library Just waiting for them so can't wait ❤❤❤

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I am sooooo delighted you enjoyed it.

@kduhy4379 6 ай бұрын

Loved listening to your predictions I would be happy if either Brotherless Night, Enter Ghost or River East, River West win. Very good longlist this year. Have fun tomorrow at the WP awards.👍👍👍

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

We have had the loveliest two days with Women's Prize Live and then the finale last night... when the joint Savidge favourite won, woohoo!

@JustJanetAshley 6 ай бұрын

I read all six this year. Brotherless Night is also my personal favorite.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

And it was the winner 🥳🥳🥳🥳

@Tristan-L-Space-Books 6 ай бұрын

Enter Ghost absolutely blew me away. It has the best dialogue I've ever read in a novel. It's now in my top 10 favorite books ever.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Oh wow. That is some high praise. I liked it a lot. Left me a little colder than I wanted. It’s weird, we were talking about this yesterday with a few other BookTubers who feel the same, I think I’m harsher with Women’s Prize books as yhese are meant to be the best of the best. So I get super nitpicky even if I think I’m not being. Hahaha.

@susprime7018 6 ай бұрын

Have not read any on the shortlist yet, I have some on the want to read list. Ghost Ship arrived today. My husband will read it first, I told him lady pirates! Thank you. Congrats to the winner.🎉

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

If he likes Ghost Ship he may very well be interested in Saltblood which has recently come out here. I saw Kate a lot over the last two days and she's such a wonderful woman.

@liselottastrom5658 6 ай бұрын

I've read Isabella Hammad's the Parisian. Learned a lot about the Middle east.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Oooh having read and liked Enter Ghost, so I would like to get to The Parisian at some point.

@leolamoon11 6 ай бұрын

I think Brotherless Night will win, a brilliant read. It took me a long time to finish as I had to keep putting it down to get some distance from it. But if I had my pick, it would be The Wren, The Wren or Enter Ghost. I love the literary qualities of these two books. The complexities of character and story, as well as the ability to relay information about the Palestinian experience with such a deft hand make Enter Ghost a stellar read. She shot for the stars and got there. I read the Wren, the Wren in one day because I just couldn’t stop. Her writing just blows me away. Love it when the two of you get together in booktube land, such charm and warmth. XOXO

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

You, and we, were right 🥳

@Phillybookfairy 6 ай бұрын

I haven’t read all of them only Brotherless Night and it was ❤ wow. So even though I want to read the whole short list, I really want it to win also!!! I’m so happy you both are team #brotherlessnight !!!! ❤❤❤

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

And team Brotherless Night were the winners, I am thrilled.

@enidlacob1157 6 ай бұрын

Yay my favorite two people in bookland

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Awww thank you!

@cecilialau_ 6 ай бұрын

Was very ready for this ranking! Exciting that you’ll both be at the event on Thursday, hope you’ll have a brill time! Curious as always to see which one the judges decided to go with. I’ll see you again tomorrow 😉🕺

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

The last two days of Women's Prize events have been such a joy, I have tried to vlog some of it, not sure how well I have done, ha!

@MilenaReads 6 ай бұрын

I just finished the fiction short list today. Somehow I didn’t love the more literary ones, which was surprising to me. Brotherless Night ended up being my favourite.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

And you favourite, and our favourite, won!!!! 🥳

@SelinaAllinson 6 ай бұрын

I also drew a sharp intake of breath when Louise said 39 was middle aged 😂 I'm clearly not ready to hear that about myself either Simon. I'm 41. So funny!! I Loved this video and yes I wholeheartedly agree about Brotherless Night, I would love it to win tomorrow. It was my favourite and Louise is so right in saying it's fiction at its best 💚 Like you both, I too cried while reading it . I also agreed with both of your insights into The Wren, The Wren. I loved it so much. Enright's ability and skill in capturing how realistically people relive their memories, paying attention to all the small details, was just stunning. I think Soldier Sailor will win!

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I am very glad Soldier Sailor didn't win at Claire Kilroy said some really weird stuff at the shortlist reading. I wish it had been streamed so it had been captured... anyway, my favourite won - well the Savidge favourite won 🏆 - so that was a delight.

@SelinaAllinson 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads What!? No way, I'm curious... I'm also happy it didn't win Simon. To be honest, I never got over how much that book irked me when I first read it in January. I never got over the all men are s**t attitude, especially if you'd gone through this difficult experience with a person who been nothing but supportive and there with you every step of the way. It felt a little like a disservice to them, for me anyway, that was just how it made me feel. I also didn't buy the "stream of consciousness" style. It felt more like a letter to her son, which also irked me and read a bit like a rant to an innocent child after a while. I wish it had been streamed too... So strange.

@booksandbags 6 ай бұрын

I thought it was a strong shortlist. Brotherless Night was also my favorite, and I hope it wins. I’d also be good with Enter Ghost, River East, River West, or Soldier Sailor. I thought The Wren, The Wren and Restless Dolly Maunder were just okay. I’m looking forward to the winner.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

It did win. Hoooooooooorray!!!!! I have some hot tea coming with Claire Kilroy in a future video. I will not be reading anymore of her books.

@booksandbags 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads This was my first book from her. I guess that will be it for me.

@miriamtraynor936 6 ай бұрын

Yeah! I was waiting for this video😊

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

@lauracorsi3309 6 ай бұрын

I have been rooting for River East, River West. But listening to your descriptions of The Wren, The Wren has reminded me how brilliant it was (I read it quite a while ago.). Maybe I am hoping for that one to win now.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

We know who won now.... and I am delighted.

@ninapiggott-smith9429 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely love watching you two together Lousie l love your your top. It really suits you where is it from?

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Awww thank you. Mum isn't sure about the top my step dad bought it for her.

@janethansen9612 6 ай бұрын

I'm in the Soldier Sailor or Enter Ghost camp but wouldn't be upset if Brotherless Night won. Louise, I'm interested to know what you mean by an 'Australian voice', as I know you do read a bit of Aussie lit.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha, glad you won't be upset this morning lol.

@giselaperez6746 6 ай бұрын

You two are really connected☺❤❤❤

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha well definitely with our top two... and there is the whole 42 years of history we share hahaha.

@janepeacock3704 6 ай бұрын

Hi both ☺️ 👋🏻 I didn’t spot either of you at the event last evening 🥲 it was great to see/hear all the authors etc (& Kate Grenville’s recording). I only managed to get 2 of my books signed afterwards (due to queues & a husband/son waiting in a pub/train to catch !!) But one of those signed books was Brotherless Night which is my winner too 🤗 the charming author V V Ganeshananthan had a copy of her book open on the table & asked us all to sign it (what a lovely thing to do 😌). The other one - River East, River West - is the only title I’ve yet to read (will start shortly!) While I was waiting I got chatting to 2 women who work for the publisher Duckworth; they specialise in non-fiction & have annually I think only 2 slots for fiction & River East, River West was one of the chosen titles 👏🏻 (Aube Rey Lescure is a delight 😌) TTFN xx

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Awwww that really is a lovely thing for her to do, getting everyone to sign her book. I’m even more of a fan of her now. I’m so thrilled she won. It’s such an incredible book. You’ve a treat ahead with River East, River West. Sorry we didn’t see you. We’d been there since 12 and I’d hosted an event and so we scarpered once the readings were done to get dinner.

@janepeacock3704 6 ай бұрын

A long day for you both - from the photos I saw it looked like you had a fab time 🤗 & may I say you’re a great ‘chair’ so they were lucky to have you!! 😉 I watched the winner announcements ‘live’ last eve & shouted out in delight for Brotherless Night 👏🏻 I have Doppelgänger on library loan so want to start that soon 👍 Well done to All esp the fabulous Kate Mosse & Team 👏🏻 if anyone is in Chichester next Wed she’s appearing at Waterstones (launch of paperback of The Ghost Ship 📖) we visited there Tues 😌 TC X

@judybrown1624 6 ай бұрын

Based on the fact that they shortlisted Restless Dolly Maunder and that I don't think there is a standout winner, the judges will give it to Anne Enright.

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Interesting... I mean they didn't 😆 but I like the thought process there.

@judybrown1624 6 ай бұрын

Simon is planning to jump right over middle age into old age😂

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

Well I do love my nanna chic although the library won't be nanna chic at all so who knows what is going on.

@judybrown1624 6 ай бұрын

@@SavidgeReads mid- life crisis, perhaps? My wife was into nanna chic her whole life. Left to my own devices, I'm going a bit retro (mid- century modern) at 74!

@debrahills8148 6 ай бұрын

Although Enter Ghost didn't completely work for me, I think it will win...and certainly is deserving. It's the most experimental novel on the list --perhaps the most original--and it's very accomplished. Through it, I felt the tension and suspicions of living in a divided country, an occupied state. But I also would choose Brotherless Night to win the prize. Paraphrasing Simon, Brotherless Night offered everything I am looking for in a novel. I was completely moved by it. In a way, I felt like it not only was about Sri Lanka, but about the heartbreak and waste of conflicts everywhere...and how "terrorism" is born and generated...

@SavidgeReads 6 ай бұрын

I am soooooo pleased for Brotherless Night!