Demon Copperhead is the latest novel by award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver.
The book was published in 2022 and was an instant success. It was an Oprah’s Book Club Selection, an instant New York Times bestseller as well as featuring on New York Times ‘Ten Best Books of 2022’. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023.
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver was published in 2018 and it sat, unread, on my bookshelf for a long time.
I knew Barbara Kingsolver books were always well received by the critics. I was also aware she’s won multiple awards, including the UK’s Orange Prize for Fiction (now known at the Women’s Prize for Fiction) and the National Humanities Medal.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize for Fiction) launched in 1996 and is the UK’s most prestigious literary award celebrating talented female writers. I’ve discovered some brilliant books from the prize longlists as well as new authors. Here is the complete Women’s Prize for Fiction winners list: 1996 Winner Title: …