The Bath Novel Award 2016 Longlist
This year a record 1,063 novels were submitted by writers in 42 countries.
39 novels have been longlisted, with settings ranging from Georgian Edinburgh to a futuristic London, via Tokyo, The Basque Country and Iran. Historical and literary novels dominate this year’s list, with an especially competitive year for psychological suspense entries.
As our judges read “blind” we’ll be keeping the longlisted writers’ identities under wraps until the winner, as chosen by Susan Armstrong of Conville & Walsh, is announced in July.
In the meantime, huge congratulations to the writers of these 39 standout titles:
| A Policy on Kissing |
| Alt |
| An Easy Deceit |
| An Emu War |
| An Unremarkable Body |
| Beautiful, Terrible Things |
| By These Limbs |
| Entanglement |
| Field of Blackbirds |
| Friend Request |
| Half a Girl |
| Hope |
| House of Smouldering Tears |
| In Love with the Furies |
| Looking for Heaven |
| Monsoon Coming |
| Morning Song |
| North Rook |
| One Act of Defiance |
| Permanence |
| Reparation |
| Sister of Mine |
| Songs of all Poets |
| Swan Song |
| Testament |
| The Binding Frame |
| The Debut |
| The Devil’s Servants |
| The God Bullet |
| The Half-Life of Barbara Kipling |
| The Khan |
| The Last Fiesta |
| The Paris Train |
| The Resurrectionists |
| Thirteen, Backwards |
| Whirligig |
| You Beneath Your Skin |
| Your Sleeping Head |
| You’re Beautiful |
The Bath Novel Award 2016 is sponsored by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy
Update: read The Bath Novel Award 2016 full winners and listees announcement here