2024 Best Novel longlist
The longlist for the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel is out. It's an interesting mix of familiar and fresh names:
• DICE by Claire Baylis (Allen & Unwin)
• THE CARETAKER by Gabriel Bergmoser (HarperCollins)
• RITUAL OF FIRE by DV Bishop (Macmillan)
• BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
• PET by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
• EL FLAMINGO by Nick Davies (YBK Publishers)
• DOUBLE JEOPARDY by Stef Harris (Quentin Wilson Publishing)
• THE QUARRY by Kim Hunt (Spiral Collectives)
• DEVIL’S BREATH by Jill Johnson (Black & White/Bonnier)
• GOING ZERO by Anthony McCarten (Macmillan)
• HOME BEFORE NIGHT by JP Pomare (Hachette)
• EXPECTANT by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books)