International Booker Prize 2023 longlist predictions @benreadsgood

Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago

Here's another chance for me to set in stone how wrong I can be! These are my 13 predictions for 2023's International Booker Prize. The longlist is coming on 14 March, so we've not got long to wait.

I apologise for any names that I have butchered - there will surely be a few 😳

00:00 Intro and eligibility
01:00 Judges
02:49 Africa
04:13 The Americas
05:56 Asia
07:22 Europe
13:21 Wrap up

Fun fact: turns out I accidentally recorded 14 predictions. This video originally had a final section for the Middle East, in which I'd picked Mr N by the Lebanese author Najwa Barakat. Sadly though, it got cut once I realised I'd picked one book too many.

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Here's my Women's Prize prediction video:
youtu.be/248NzHZ0q9o

And here's my experience of ChatGPT telling me to read Vásquez:
youtu.be/DtdI44YN9to

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