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Jacqueline

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The #BookerPrize Longlist

Well, huh! An interesting longlist, with much variety! I’ve only read The Trees, which was great, and Small Things Like These, which was interesting. I am currently making my way through Nightcrawling, and The Colony.

Here’s the full list of thirteen books, and the announcement can be found here, or on Twitter (embed below):

The Colony x Audrey Magee

After Sappho x Selby Wynn Schwartz

Glory x NoViolet Bulawayo

Small Things Like These x Claire Keegan

Nightcrawling x Leila Mottley

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies x Maddie Mortimer

Case Study x Graeme Mcrae Burnet

Treacle Walker x Alan Garner

The Trees x Percival Everett

Trust x Hernan Diaz

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida x Shehan Karunatilaka

Oh William! x Elizabeth Strout

Booth x Karen Joy Fowler

Cool facts from the website!

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