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The 2016 winner — judged by Kadija George, Margaret Oldroyd, Karen Onojaife and Susan Yearwood — was Amita Murray for Marmite and Mango Chutney, with second prize going to Winnie M. Li for Dark Chapter and third prize, and the SI Readers' Choice award, to Jamilah Ahmed for Recognising Strangers. [40]
This is a list of lists of bestselling novels in the United States as determined by Publishers Weekly. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1895 through 2020 . The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and ...
Linda "Jamilah" Kolocotronis was an American Muslim writer and former educator in American Islamic schools. Of Greek origin, she converted to Islam at the age of 23, [1] and she published several Islamic fiction novels as well as her doctoral dissertation. [2] Kolocotronis changed her first name to Jamilah when she became Muslim in 1980.
Everett, whose acclaimed 2001 novel Erasure was turned into the Oscar-nominated 2023 film American Fiction, is a modern literary star and James is another lacerating, smart novel. (Mantle) (Mantle ...
She became chairwoman of the Algerian Women Association in independent Algeria, and was a frequent critic of Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella. [citation needed] Djamila Bouhired now lives in Algiers, and continues to participate in protests and marches for several causes, including the 2019 Algerian protests. [6]
Jamil Ahmad (June 1, 1931 – July 12, 2014) was a Pakistani civil servant, novelist and story writer. He wrote in the English language. He is known for his anthology, The Wandering Falcon which was short listed for Man Asian Literary Prize, widely known as Asia's highest literary award, in 2011.
The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century is a ranked list of the 100 best novels published in the English language since January 1, 2000. Selection criteria [ edit ]
This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as ...