Books by Jayne Anne Phillips
“Jayne Anne Phillips won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Night Watch, a mother-daughter story set in a West Virginia asylum in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In it, a severely wounded Union veteran, a young girl and her traumatised mother struggle to process all that they have experienced. The judges praised it as a ‘beautifully rendered’ novel.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Jayne Anne Phillips were recommended
Award-Winning Novels of 2024, recommended by Cal Flyn
If you struggle to keep abreast of notable new novels, it can be helpful to check the consult a list of winners of recent literary awards. The juries of major prizes often wade through dozens or even hundreds of submissions when they put together their shortlists, and are therefore well placed to offer informed recommendations. Here, we’ve put together an easy to consult round-up of novels that won big literary awards in 2024.
