Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hello, I’m Bob, and before too long, we’ll know which books have been chosen for this year’s Booker longlist.
Here are my totally incorrect rundowns and predictions for this year! Please join in if there are possibles you think I’ve missed!
The Goodreads list: goodreads.com/list/show/202983.Booker_Prize_Eligible_2025
Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Context
03:42 Former Winners
07:21 Former Longlistees
16:22 Established Authors / Big Hitters
23:04 Notable Debuts
29:23 Two Other Mentions
30:54 My Predictions / Hopes
My (Definitely Incorrect) List:
Nicola Barker- TonyInterruptor
Michelle de Kretser- Theory and Practice
Kiran Desai- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Danielle Giles- Mere
Xiaolu Guo- Call Me Ishamelle
Abdulrazak Gurnah- Theft
Megan Hunter- Days of Light
Roisin O’Donnell- Nesting
Helen Oyeyemi- A New New Me
Seth Insua- Human, Animal
Anthony Shapland- A Room Above A Shop
David Szalay- Flesh
Anne Tyler- Three Days in June
What’s on your list?
—
Thank you for watching! You can also support my channel by buying your books through the following links (please note, these are affiliate links, so I will get a small percentage of the cost, but it will not affect the price of the book!)
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/bobthebookerer
Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=BobTheBookerer
Waterstones: awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=3787&awinaffid=916997
Scribd: scribd.com/g/9u6hrz
Amazon (UK/US/CA): amzn.to/3Ds5b2z
Kindle: amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/subscribe/ku?tag=bobthebookere-21
Audible: amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=bobthebookere-21
You can also find me on Twitter at @wordbib and on the below:
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bobthebookerer
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885-bob-hughes
Email: bobthebookerer@gmail.com
Hello, I’m Bob, and before too long, we’ll know which books have been chosen for this year’s Booker longlist.
Here are my totally incorrect rundowns and predictions for this year! Please join in if there are possibles you think I’ve missed!
The Goodreads list: goodreads.com/list/show/202983.Booker_Prize_Eligible_2025
Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Context
03:42 Former Winners
07:21 Former Longlistees
16:22 Established Authors / Big Hitters
23:04 Notable Debuts
29:23 Two Other Mentions
30:54 My Predictions / Hopes
My (Definitely Incorrect) List:
Nicola Barker- TonyInterruptor
Michelle de Kretser- Theory and Practice
Kiran Desai- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Danielle Giles- Mere
Xiaolu Guo- Call Me Ishamelle
Abdulrazak Gurnah- Theft
Megan Hunter- Days of Light
Roisin O’Donnell- Nesting
Helen Oyeyemi- A New New Me
Seth Insua- Human, Animal
Anthony Shapland- A Room Above A Shop
David Szalay- Flesh
Anne Tyler- Three Days in June
What’s on your list?
—
Thank you for watching! You can also support my channel by buying your books through the following links (please note, these are affiliate links, so I will get a small percentage of the cost, but it will not affect the price of the book!)
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/bobthebookerer
Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=BobTheBookerer
Waterstones: awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=3787&awinaffid=916997
Scribd: scribd.com/g/9u6hrz
Amazon (UK/US/CA): amzn.to/3Ds5b2z
Kindle: amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/subscribe/ku?tag=bobthebookere-21
Audible: amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=bobthebookere-21
You can also find me on Twitter at @wordbib and on the below:
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bobthebookerer
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885-bob-hughes
Email: bobthebookerer@gmail.com
