Year-End Lists

Attention

• #4 Best Books of 2025: Martin Chilton: Independent

• The Observer's Books of the Year 2025: Observer Nonfiction

The Wren, the Wren

• Fiction 2024: Women's Prize Shortlisted
• 10 Best Books of 2023: Publishers Weekly
• Best Literary Fiction of 2023: Library Journal
• The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post

Actress

• The 10 Best Books of 2020: Wall Street Journal
• Fiction 2020: Women's Prize Longlisted
• Best Fiction of 2020: Powell's Books
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post
• The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture
• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time

The Green Road

• Fiction 2016: Women's Prize Shortlisted
• 2015 Award: The Booker Prize Longlisted
• Fiction 2016: Carnegie Medal Longlisted

The Forgotten Waltz

• Fiction 2012: Carnegie Medal Won

• Fiction 2012: Women's Prize Shortlisted