Orange Prize for Fiction's "50 Essential Reads by Contemporary Authors"

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To support the 2004 award, the Orange Prize for Fiction researched the UK’s first ever living library of 50 contemporary ‘essential reads’.

The books were chosen by a sample of 500 people attending the first week of the Guardian Hay festival and represent the audience’s definitive ‘must have’ bookshelf by living writers.

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Created by Robot Co-op on Nov 30, 2005.
 

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Wow. — 6 years ago

Riders, by Jilly Cooper is one of the trashiest books ever! I admit enjoying it wholeheartedly, but I wouldn’t call it an “essential read”, unless it is essential to read novels involving competitive show-jumping and bosom-heaving. Ah well.


Erm, — 6 years ago

There are only 43 books at the moment….

Now I know 43 is THE number, but if it’s FIFTY essential reads, maybe there should be 50 books listed….

…Or is someone working on this “as I write”?

Confused C-A


jimbodacious — 7 years ago

Martin Amis’ book, Money, is brilliant; one of the best reads I had in the 80s.

“Columbia, slick, LA, Chicago… why is it we put our highest educational institutions in our biggest rat-shit slums…?” or something similar. Great stuff.



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