2023 Booker Longlist has been announced

[Liiisa]

The Booker list has been announced. Hmm, I actually had taken the new Sebastian Barry out of the library, but I didn't have time to read it before I went on vacation, so I took it back - so unfortunately I can't feel clever and say I've already read any of these. Anyway:

Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
Paul Murray, The Bee Sting
Chetna Maroo, Western Lane
Martin MacInnes, In Ascension
Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow, All the Little Bird-Hearts
Sian Hughes, Pearl
Paul Harding, This Other Eden
Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
Ayobami Adebayo, A Spell of Good Things

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2023

[lillielangtry]

I'm interested to see that I haven't even heard of quite a few of these authors and I don't think I've read any of them. But that's not a complaint - on the contrary, I like to have my horizons broadened! I don't follow the Booker as closely as the Booker International, but no doubt I'll be hearing about it in the coming months.

[Q-pee]

Lots of new authors, yum!

I've read two books by Tan Twan Eng, and gave them four or five stars. I've read one book by Barry and gave it two stars... the others are all new I think.

[Liiisa]

Aug 1, 2023 7:52:11 GMT -5 Q-pee said:

Lots of new authors, yum!

Exactly— that’s one of the reasons I pay attention to these lists!

[sophie]

And I am midway through House of Doors.. I loved his previous 2 books so I got it as soon as it was available in paperback

[scrubb]

Tan Twan Eng is the one I know - I loved one of his earlier books, and liked the other, so will want to read this one sometime.

Thanks for the list.

[Q-pee]

Shortlist...


The Bee Sting

Western Lane

Prophet Song

This Other Eden

If I Survive You

Study for Obedience

Of those Prophet Song and This Other Eden sound interesting, but have not read anything on the shortlist, or even anything by any of the authors (I think).

[Liiisa]

They all sound interesting! "Prophet Song" sounds appropriately dark for my current mood.

[Q-pee]

Paul Murray wrote "Skippy Dies" which was long listed in 2010, I didn't read it then.

[scrubb]

Oh, I remember liking Skippy Dies.

[Q-pee]

There was a special display of the shortlist at Waterstones yesterday, but some were sold out. They only had hardbacks though... I ended up picking something else.

[sprite]

holds placed.