There are 80 titles on this list. I have read 27 of them (bolded). Based on the 1/3 that I've read, this is a good list of what was memorable in lit publishing in 2014, at least in the UK (some US-only releases I liked better, but that almost goes without saying). Here's the list, copy/pasted from this page:
The 80 books nominated by The Folio Prize Academy this year are:
The 80 books nominated by The Folio Prize Academy this year are:
10:04 Lerner, Ben
A God In Every Stone Shamsie, Kamila
Academy Street Costello, Mary
After Me Comes The Flood Perry, Sarah
All My Puny Sorrows Toews, Miriam
All Our Names Mengistu, Dinaw
All The Days And Nights Goviden, Niven
All The Light We Cannot See Doerr, Anthony
All The Rage Kennedy, AL
Amnesia Carey, Peter
Annihilation Vandermeer, Jeff
Arctic Summer Galgut, Damon
Bald New World Tieryas Liu, Peter
Bark Moore, Lorrie
Be Safe I Love You Hoffman, Cara
Boy, Snow, Bird Oyeyemi, Helen
Dear Thief Harvey, Samantha
Dept. of Speculation Offill, Jenny
Dissident Gardens Lethem, Jonathan
Dust Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo
Em And The Big Hoom Pinto, Jerry
England And Other Stories Swift, Graham
Euphoria King, Lily
Everland Hunt, Rebecca
Eyrie Winton, Tim
Family Life Sharma, Akhil
Fourth Of July Creek Henderson, Smith
How To Be Both Smith, Ali
In Search Of Silence Mackie, Emily
In The Approaches Barker, Nicola
In The Light Of What We Know Rahman, Zia Haider
J Jacobson, Howard
Kinder Than Solitude Li, Yiyun
Lila Robinson, Marilynne
Life Drawing Black, Robin
Lost For Words St Aubyn, Edward
Love And Treasure Waldman, Ayelet
Nora Webster Toibin, Colm
On Such A Full Sea Lee, Chang-Rae
Orfeo Powers, Richard
Outline Cusk, Rachel
Perfidia Ellroy, James
Road Ends Lawson, Mary
Shark Self, Will
Some Luck Smiley, Jane
Stay Up With Me Barbash, Tom
Stone Mattress Atwood, Margaret
The Ballad Of A Small Player Osborne, Lawrence
The Bone Clocks Mitchell, David
The Book Of Gold Leaves Waheed, Mirza
The Book Of Strange New Things Faber, Michel
The Country Of Icecream Star Newman, Sandra
The Dog O'Neill, Joseph
The Emerald Light In The Air Antrim, Donald
The Emperor Waltz Hensher, Philip
The Fever Abbott, Megan
The Heroes' Welcome Young, Louisa
The Incarnations Barker, Susan
The Lives Of Others Mukherjee, Neel
The Narrow Road To The Deep North Flanagan, Richard
The Night Guest McFarlane, Fiona
The Paying Guests Waters, Sarah
The Tell-Tale Heart Dawson, Jill
The Temporary Gentleman Barry, Sebastian
The Wake Kingsnorth, Paul
The Zone Of Interest Amis, Martin
Their Lips Talk Of Mischief Warner, Alan
Thunderstruck McCracken, Elizabeth
To Rise Again At A Decent Hour Ferris, Joshua
Travelling Sprinkler Baker, Nicholson
Upstairs At The Party Grant, Linda
Viper Wine Eyre, Hermione
Virginia Woolf In Manhattan Gee, Maggie
We Are Not Ourselves Thomas, Matthew
What You Want Phipps, Constantine
Wittgenstein Jr Iyer, Lars
Young Skins Barrett, Colin
Your Fathers, Where Are They?... Eggers, Dave
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