January is one of two magical months where I focus on reading books from the winners and nominees of my favorite literary award, the Women’s Prize for Fiction. (Previously, it was known as the Orange Prize–hence the original name of the challenge, “Orange January/July.”)

I’ve already read the works of several winners and nominees over the years, including:

• Room by Emma Donoghue
• Great House by Nicole Krauss
• Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
• American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
• The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

This month, I’m in the midst of more wonderful Prize titles, including:

• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• Property by Valerie Martin
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison

If I have time, I’d also like to read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht; and Paradise by Toni Morrison. But some of these will definitely have to wait until the July edition of the challenge.

(Thanks to nomadreader for a complete list of Orange Prize winners and nominees!)