List for the Booker Prize is Out

[Oweena]

The full longlist is:

Diane Cook, “The New Wilderness”

Tsitsi Dangarembga, “This Mournable Body”

Avni Doshi, “Burnt Sugar”

Gabriel Krauze, “Who They Was”

Hilary Mantel, “The Mirror and the Light”

Colum McCann, “Apeirogon”

Maaza Mengiste, “The Shadow King”

Kiley Reid, “Such a Fun Age”

Brandon Taylor, “Real Life”

Anne Tyler, “Redhead by the Side of the Road”

Douglas Stuart, “Shuggie Bain”

Sophie Ward, “Love and Other Thought Experiments”

C Pam Zhang, “How Much of These Hills Is Gold”

[Oweena]

I've only read two of them, Such a Fun Age and Apeirogon.

I loved Apeirogon.

[sophie]

Apeirogon is in front of me, on my ‘to read’ pile. Agree with the nomination of Hilary Mantel’s newest book.

[HalcyonDaze]

I haven't read any of them.

[Liiisa]

I've only read the Mantel. I thought it was very good, but I'm kinda of the opinion that since her Cromwell trilogy is just one incredibly long book, it should really only get one Booker, not three, and she's already got two so let's give this one to someone else. But that's just me.

Definitely want to read "Apeirogon," and now have a list of other things to check out....

[lillielangtry]

I've read the Mantel and The Shadow King.

I kind of am rooting for a Booker hat trick for Mantel.