The 2015 Folio Prize Shortlist

On February 9th, the Folio Prize Shortlist was announced:

The Folio Prize is awarded to the best English language fiction in the world. This year's list includes writers from India, the UK, North America, Ireland and Kenya. The Folio Prize Academy has a goal no less than that of encouraging people around the world to "put great literature at the centre of their lives." The winner of this coveted prize will be announced on March 23, 2015. That should leave enough time to make your own selection!

10:04 by Ben Lerner

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews 

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill 

Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor 

Family Life by Akhil Sharma 

How to Be Both by Ali Smith 

Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín 

Outline by Rachel Cusk