Orange Prize for Fiction 2010: Longlist

Seven debut novelists join big names including Hilary Mantel, Sarah Waters and Andrea Levy on the longlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction, which was announced today.

Click on the titles to see what the critics made of the contenders:

Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You (Alma Books) *

Eleanor Catton, The Rehearsal (Granta)

Clare Clark, Savage Lands (Harvill Secker)

Amanda Craig, Hearts and Minds (Little, Brown)

Roopa Farooki, The Way Things Look to Me (Pan)

Rebecca Gowers, The Twisted Heart (Canongate)

M.J. Hyland, This is How (Canongate)

Sadie Jones, Small Wars (Chatto)

Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna (Faber)

Laila Lalami, Secret Son (Viking)

Andrea Levy, The Long Song (Headline Review)

Attica Locke, Black Water Rising (Serpent’s Tail)

Maria McCann, The Wilding (Faber)

Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate)

Nadifa Mohamed, Black Mamba Boy (HarperCollins)

Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs (Faber)

Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (Simon and Schuster)

Amy Sackville, The Still Point (Portobello)

Kathryn Stockett, The Help (Fig Tree)

Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger (Virago)

The shortlist will be revealed on 20 April, with the winner announced on 9 June.

* This book is yet to be reviewed in any newspapers.