Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Hey folks! It is finally time to bring the Booker Boogie. The longlist for the 2023 Booker Prize has been ANNOUNCED! It contains absolutely no books that anyone has heard of, very cool. Stay tuned for reviews and the shortlist on September 21!

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

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