Booker Longlist announced!

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How many of these have you read?

Love Forms by Claire Adam
The South by Tash Aw
Universality by Natasha Brown
One Boat by Jonathan Buckley
Flashlight by Susan Choi
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Endling by Maria Reva
Flesh by David Szalay
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga

BookBrowse has reviewed four so far:

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I’ve only read Audition but I now have several others on my wish list. I don’t often try to read entire longlist but I do shoot for completion of the shortlist if I can.

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YIKES - none!!

Thanks for the list.

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I find this list really interesting. While they’re all critical darlings, most of them aren’t that well-rated by regular readers. Why do you think that is?

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Because they just weren’t gripping enough. At least for me. The writeups did not spur me to read.

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So far, I’ve read none. Endling and Flashlight are on my TBR list as a read at a future date…
Thanks for posting the list!

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I haven’t read any - still working on the 2024 shortlist! (currently reading The Safekeep)

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Ooh, I loved The Safekeep. It lives on in my brain.

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I haven’t read any, yet. I just got Flesh and Flashlight on hold at my library. Those will be my first two that I read.

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Thanks for posting the long list. My reading list just got longer!

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Haven’t read any, but think I will check out The Saekeep. Anne Glasgow’s comment piqued my curiousity.

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You have piqued my curiosity. I’ll be checking this one out of the library on my next trip.

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I hope you love The Safekeep. It is a one-of-a-kind novel that really left an impression on me.

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I have The Safekeep on my shelf to read. I also loved Andrew Miller’s Pure, so I’ll give The Land in Winter a go.

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My TBR pile is looking VERY happy!

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Not only have I read none of the books listed, I don’t recall even hearing of the titles until the Booker list came out. I was really surprised that I knew nothing of the books.

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I just finished Flashlight. I highly recommend it. It’s a family story, but you never quite know where the story is headed next. It is beautifully written and covers all of the emotions a family creates. Read it.

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I’ve read zero so far, but usually read a few every year when they become available at the library.

On a sort of parallel track: I find that Queen Camilla and I like a lot of the same books. If she likes it, I’ll try it. (“The Queen’s Reading Room”)

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