Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 56 minutes ago

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It's time once again to rank the entire Booker longlist 🎉 Well, almost... I've read 12 of the 13 books.

I'm sharing some reflections on the longlist, its themes, and taking a look at Goodreads data before diving into a ranking of all the books.

Of course, I can't resist having a guess at what the actual shortlist will be, but if my predictions this year are anything to go by: I'll be completely wrong 😅

Booker shortlist announcement livestream (7pm BST, Tuesday 23 September):
youtube.com/live/r6VO7dkRtjU?si=cnlZEz59lZLmgnXd

My review videos:
youtu.be/2glEI7tmU2I?si=CePeihdRdnaCGlH0
youtu.be/KU_9k0Dmf74?si=oCBVC71XH3KoEBBn
youtu.be/1plSv_x3NOI?si=u-lOh8-dOEvgGjTw

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00:00 Longlist thoughts
03:47 Goodreads shortlist
07:04 Themes
11:02 Ranking and personal shortlist
23:33 Judges shortlist prediction

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Channels mentioned:
@jenvcampbell

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

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Thank you so much for watching.

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youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
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