but also for its narrative form". The Poisonwood Bible was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 1999. Additionally that year, the book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. It won the 2000 Boeke Prize. In March 2016, the book was discussed on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read. Adaptations In March 2019, Bond Group Entertainment – a production company launched by actress Amy Adams and her manager Stacy O'Neil – secured a first-look deal with HBO to develop a TV adaptation of Kingsolver's novel. Adams and O’Neil will executive produce the limited series, while Anya Epstein and Kingsolver are writing the screenplay. References External links Barbara Kingsolver talks about The Poisonwood Bible on the BBC's World Book Club See also Congo Crisis Congo River Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba 1998 American novels Novels by Barbara Kingsolver Postcolonial novels Novels set in Belgian Congo HarperCollins books PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning works