Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Hello! it's that time of year again; today I am judging the 2023 Booker Prize shortlist! I have read the shortlist for three out of the last four years, and read the International Booker Prize shortlist once, so I think I am pretty familiar with this literary prize by now. So, are these the best literary fiction books of 2023? Let's find out!

The Books
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Study of Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

0:00 - Intro
1:06 - The Books
3:36 - The Reading
18:23 - The Ranking