163 Books that are eligible for this years Booker!
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- There are a few times I get authors names wrong, I'm sorry. This is not deliberate, I have dyslexia and things can get muddle between my brain and my mouth.
I've run out of characters for all the books, some are missing authors
Books Mentioned:
Question 7
What Will Survive of Us
The Voyage Home
The Women Behind the Door
Fanatic Heart
The Extinction
The Road to the Country
James
Choices
My Friends
Long Island
The Spoiled Heart
There are Rivers in the Sky
Tell Me Everything
Cahokia Jazz
Parade
Crooked Seed
Come and Get it
Playground
Intermezzo
Baumgartner
Blackouts
Praiseworthy
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
Let us Descend
Heart, be at Peace
Small Rain
Martyr!
Headshot
Wandering Star
Clear
Whale Fall
Wellness
Passiontide
The Night Alphabet
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Parasol Against the Axe
Pity by Andrew McMillan
Hard by the Great Forrest
The Burrowed Hills by Scott Preston
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud
Julia
The Morningside by Téa Obreht
The Future
Restless Dolly Maunder
River East River West
A Trace of Sun
Same Bed Different Dreams
The Future Future
Caledonian Road
Orbital
Loot
The Land of Milk and Honey
The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez
The Storm We Made
Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Butcher
Interesting Facts About Space and Time
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
The Glutton by AK Blakemore
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The Road to Belhaven by Margot Livesey
Wild House by Colin Barrett
I cheerfully refuse Leif Enger
Held by Anne Michaels
The Bullet Swallowers by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Private Rites Julia Armfield
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
Body Friend by Katherine Bradon
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
Between You and Me by Joanna Horton
The Echos by Evie Wyld
The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas
The Sitter by Angela O'Keeffe
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt
The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp
Thunderhead by Miranda Darling
Followed by the Lark by Helen Humphreys
Fast by the Horns Moses McKenzie
Ghost Mountain Ronan Hession
Absolution by Alice McDermott
Family Meal by Bryan Washington
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Exile by Aimée Walsh
The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey
Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Cross by Austin Duffy
This Is How You Remember It by Catherine Prasifka
This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack
Mouthing by Orla Mackey
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard
Habitat by Catriona Shine
Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
Once Upon A Time There Was A Man by Peter Scholes
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Elightenment by Sarah Perry
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
All Grown Up by Catherine Evans
Shaking Hands with Elvis: Check out anytime you like at the Grand Euthanasia Hotel by Paul Carroll
Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski
The Limits by Nell Freudenberger
England is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee
All Fours by Miranda July
Bird Life by Anna Smaill
Jaded by Ela Lee
Mother Naked by Glen James Brown
The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky
The Lodgers by Holly Pester
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Liars by Sarah Manguso
Within Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Mongrel by Hanako Footman
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
Monumenta by Lara Haworth
Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg
My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas
Curandera by Irenosen Okojie
After Nora by Penelope Curtis
How to Be Somebody Else by Miranda Pountney
Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands
Hyper by Agri Ismaïl
I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
Shanghailanders by Juli Min
The Vulnerable by Sigrid Nunez
Determination by Tawseef Khan
Day by Michael Cunningham
Allow Me to Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli
Henry Henry by Allen Bratton
Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira
A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Dominoes by Phoebe Mcintosh
Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams,
Tremor by Teju Cole,
The Museum of Failures by Thirty Umrigar,
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I'm a BookTube junkie, but how is it even possible that you produce one fantastic video after another? Okay, you can't do much wrong with a Booker prediction video (because I'm also a Booker junkie), but you have been on this streak for months now. Thanks so much for putting so much effort into producing your content!
I love this comment. Thank you so much. :)
I feel like this is a good year for the prize.
So interesting!!
i hope we see Evenings & Weekends on there
Thank you. I'm really looking forward to getting to Evenings and Weekends, be very happy to see it longlisted if I don't get to it before the annoucnement. :)
Wow you’ve got me even more hyped for the prize. Imagine if this video actually contains all the books on the longlist….that would be awesome!
That would be awesome!
Wow! so many great books. Will be anxious to see if some of the long shots make it. Thanks for all your hard work to put together this video. Great piece of work, you made it look easy but I know the editing must have been crazy.
Man the quality of your content is just out of this world!! Incredible video!
Ooh, thanks for doing this job. I got overwhelmed just trying to think about figuring out which books are eligible. Between you and Bob the Bookerer I am getting quite excited for Booker season now. (Although I hope they make the announcement very late in the month, because July just seems too early for it.)
Hiiii Scott! Thanks for making me aware of all these books, sigh 🙄 Luckily, I've actually read a few😆
I am being sarcastic and taking the piss - honestly, your hard work makes me a better booktuber. Thank you for all your great content 🥰
I can't wait to see your predictions. ❤
Also, the cover of Thunderhead is insane. I love it.
Hehe! Just 144 to go before the Booker prize is announced. ;P
Watched this great video over two days, took extensive notes and counted 160 books, which I'm assuming was intentional to see if we were paying attention🤣 I've read 24 on the list and hope to see either Martyr! or James as the winner.
These are very possible winners.
You're channel is wonderful. So in-depth and so many books. Would you consider adding time stamps where possible?
Thank you. It's a little hard for this specific video as there's so many books, but I certain can for things like my recent reads video. :)
Love this video so much. If Lola in the Mirror makes it I will actually pass out with happiness
So many enticing books! I am having a stern talk with myself to not run out and buy the 138 of that list that I haven't read. I am reading Praiseworthy at the moment, and it will probably take me to mid July to finish it anyway. Roll on Booker season!!! *It's the most wonderful time of the year*
Praiseworthy just seems so long to me. I might have read it if it were 200-300 pages, but, the commitment.
This is amazing.
There are 24 on the list that I’ve read/ are on my TBR/ currently reading.
I’ve read
Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire ( a very good debut)
I’m currently reading
Henry Henry . It’s quite disturbing content and should perhaps have a trigger warning.
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store was excellent.❤
I’ve started Martyr! on audio. Really engaging.
Lots of books I want to read
Long Island
Clear
Wandering Stars
Pity
I’ve started Wellness too on audio. I can see it being made into a film.
I started The In-Between last night. It’s about finding love in your fifties after having your heart broken.
Greta & Valdin is one of the best books I’ve read this year.
I want to read Ann Napolitano’s new book . I loved Hello Beautiful.
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Wonderful overview! I was a bit worried about your oxygen supply though.
thank you sm for providing such a comprehensive list
Good luck on your predictions!
this video is a nightmare for my book buying ban 😅
Good luck! :D
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I’ve just looked into getting a copy of Ann Napolitano’s new book. Only available in USA. No kindle or audio option and doesn’t ship to U.K. /Ireland !
It might not be eligible. I did check every book, but it's hard to check some things from Australia. It is available on Blackwell's.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot I was being selfish. I wasn’t thinking of Booker prize eligibility. I was annoyed that I couldn’t get my hands on it right now. I’ve become far to spoiled by capitalism.
Top rate BookTuber 🎉🎉🎉
I chuckled at you comment that if Booktubers don't include Everett and Obioma they're not reliable. 😂
😁 Just letting them know. 😉
Yep I ran out of paper!!
Massive comment incoming.
Never read any of these previous winner’s books. I’m kind of glad The Wren, The Wren isn’t eligible.
Excited about James which I have a copy of. Obioma’s book looks really good and is something I’ll likely read when it releases. I just got a copy of The Spoiled Heart from the library and am looking forward to it.
I will be so mad if Elizabeth Strout is on there. I find her books kind of boring
I just got an audio-ARC of Cusk’s new book, so it’ll be my first time trying her out.
I think Come & Get It is unlikely. I’ve not heard a good review of it yet.
Sally Rooney wouldn’t surprise me but I do think she might be the most overhyped author in the world.
I’ve recently read Blackouts and thought the formatting was very interesting, but it was just okay for me. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets heavy praise though because the structure is creative.
I loved The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. I think it was much better than Deacon King Kong and absolutely in my top books so far of the year.
Ward is a fantastic author and I would love to see her get nominated. IMO Let Us Descend is good, but maybe her least approachable book. I saw a lot of people reviewing this one as mid. I personally thought it was better than that, but it depends on the stance of magical realism.
I’ve just read Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan which I absolutely loved. I’ll have to look for Heart, Be At Peace.
Martyr! Is everywhere atm. I would expect to see it on the list.
Wandering Stars is a follow up to There, There, so it might fall into that trap or not being as great an experience if you haven’t read the prior book. I would love to see an Indigenous author on the list though.
I have an Audio-ARC of Whale Fall and should be getting to it shortly.
Wellness is another book I have on my shelf, but have been waiting on due to the size of it.
Never heard of This Strange Eventful History, but I love Yiyun Li’s writing, so her endorsement alone makes me want to pick this one up.
I have an ARC of Parasol Against The Axe. I’ve read the first couple of chapters and it’s good so far. I really like Oyeyemi’s writing.
No one is talking about The Morningside because frankly it’s really bad. I read it a month ago expecting to love it. It’s about fleeing genocide, so I thought it would be right up my alley. Instead, it was this very bizarre hodgepodge of thriller, satire, and historical fiction with a sprinkle of magical realism. It was so unfocused and lost any chance at poignancy for going off in 57 different directions. Had it been more restrained, it could’ve been a fantastic book.
I’ve heard a lot of reviews of The Future as just so-so. My mom read it and said it wasn’t as good as The Power.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see River East, River West on the list. It wasn’t my favorite women’s prize book, but the bookers seem to like books with this kind of style sometimes.
I will scream if they pick Restless Dolly Maunder. It’s an interesting enough subject, but I’m still baffled by its presence on the women’s prize shortlist.
A Trace of Sun was really good and I wouldn’t mind seeing it on the Booker.
I also have an audio-ARC of Orbital that I need to catch up on.
Land of Milk and Honey was possibly my most disappointing read of this year. As a chef and an avid mountaineer, I thought this would be a book I loved so deeply. Instead, it was this extremely dull book that had flickers of good critique only to fumble the delivery.
The Storm We Made was so good! I don’t think it’s a Booker book, but I would be happy to see it be the “shit-stirrer”.
Mercury is okay. It’s very slow and character focused, but I don’t see it being on the literary level of many of the other books you’ve mentioned. I think the seeing it a lot is the result of good marketing, not an extraordinary book.
Xóchitl must be a hard name to figure out if you aren’t around Spanish speakers, especially from Mexico. It’s pronounced like So-cheel. I really like Gonzalez’s writing and wouldn’t mind seeing her get a nod although I can’t speak to this book since I haven’t read it yet despite owning a copy.
Piglet and The Glutton both seem like books I could see being long listed.
The Bullet Swallower was a fun read, but I can’t see it being on The Booker list. It’s not prose-y, not super abstract or experimental, and I think the ending is a bit too sweet/neat and tidy for it. Still an enjoyable read. The comparison to Cormac McCarthy and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are both way off. Having read both, she does not strike me as similar to either….at least not in this book.
I’m super excited for Julia Armfield’s book. I loved her last one.
All 12 of your Aussie books make me realize how little Australian literature I get exposed to outside of your channel.
I just saw a review of Hagstone on MercysBookishMusings and it was my first time hearing about that one. Sounds like something I might enjoy.
Honestly, I really hope this doesn’t turn into an all Irish list. I’m kind of bored with the moody, reflective, prose-heavy writing style that seems to be so popular with Irish literature atm.
Absolution by Alice McDermott was just okay for me. Very thoughtful subject matter and decent writing, but I thought it could’ve delved much deeper.
I would love to see Emezi be on the list. I’m so hyped for Little Rot.
Beautyland has been getting a lot of hype. I have an audio-ARC of it and am hoping to read it soon.
Poor Deer is another that I’ve been hearing lots of good whispers about. I love the cover as well.
After Annie I’ve heard was so-so.
I loved The Berry Pickers, but I don’t think it was quite polished enough for the Bookers. I do think she’s an author to watch for future books though.
I have an Audio-Arc of The Cemetery of Untold Stories. I like Alvarez’s writing, but I don’t see it being a Booker type book.
I just finished The Vulnerables for the Booktube Prize. It was decent, but not something I see winning any awards.
So many of the books at the end are on my TBR.
Looking forward to the Booker Prize. I’m likely going to read and review the Longlist and shortlist, but I’m just not informed enough to really dig into trying to predict a Longlist. I really admire the time and work you put into these types of videos. Fantastic work Scott.
That is a long comment. Here comes a long reply.
Cusk is a very distinct flavour, good luck with her, she's not an author I enjoy, but she is a real love her or hate her author.
I will be shocked if Come & Get it makes it.
I read Wandering Star, without having read There There, and I think my experience would have been improved had I realised it was both a prequel and a sequel.
I'd never heard of This Strange Eventful History either - it's good that you love Yiyun Lu's writing, that hopefully means you'll enjoy her influence on the longlist. She's the only judge this year I'm familiar with.
Oyeyemi is a bit too much for me. Glad you like her.
I am not a big fan of Tea Obreht, your description of The Morningside is exactly what I fear when I pick up one of her novels. Thank you for warning me off it.
Dolly Maunder is such a weird one isn't it. I'm not unhappy at having read it, it was quite good, but I agree, what's it doing on a prize list.
Thank you for helping me with Xochitl, it's like when you see an Irish name you're unfamiliar with and you just don't know where to start. Anita de Monte is excellent BTW. Much better than Olga Dies Dreaming (which I liked).
Aussie books seem to be marketed to Aussies. I know the rights are for Aus/NZ and not US or UK, but it seems silly not to at least team up with a publisher overseas and publish anything that sells over x copies.
I will also be shocked if After Annie makes it.
I really hope the Vulnerables is quickly forgotten, I really didn't like that book.
You get so many audio-arcs - is it Net Galley? Or do publishers love you?
@@GunpowderFictionPlot thanks for the long reply. :) On the audio-ARCS, it's a mix of netgalley and publishers. I have auto-approval for a couple publishers on netgalley and honestly, I find that a lot of the literary fiction books seem to not be heavily requested, so I almost always get approved for them. I'm also part of the ambassador program for Seal Press, Henry Holt, and Celadon, so I get a lot of ARCs for those publishers specifically. On top of that, I seem to occasionally be sent things from a couple of other publishers sporadically.
Ummmm. Did I miss Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan? Perhaps it’s not eligible.
It was eligible last year.
I have disagree - it's not surprising that Joyce Carol Oates has never been nominated. She's a hack. Her prose, to me, is so unsophisticated, obtuse even. She is guilty of overusing the exclamation point, among other unforgivable offenses. I quit Butcher before I finished the first page. I had a similar response to the only other book of hers I ever tried, We Were the Mulvaneys.
I'm only going to venture two guesses, and these are completely arbitrary because I haven't yet read them but they sound promising:
Because I think Australians get short shrift in the Booker, and because of its awesome cover I'm going to suggest *The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsopp.*
Also - because the author is a woman and Caribbean and the book sounds so good: *Passiontide by Monique Roffey.*
Nobody does BookTube like you, my friend. We're all so grateful for you.
Haha, the JOC hate you have is my favourite. Never read her, so I'm not in a position to agree or disagree, but I meant surprising because she's well loved.