Ben Reads Good | Judging the International Booker longlist based on first sentences @benreadsgood | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
A good first impression is critical, even when you're reading a book, so I decided to get to know the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist by reading, judging and ranking their first sentences.
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Books mentioned:
π Not a River, by Selva Almada (translated by Annie McDermott)
π SimpatΓa, by Rodrigo Blanco CalderΓ³n (translated by Noel HernΓ‘ndez GonzΓ‘lez and Daniel Hahn)
π Kairos, by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Michael Hofmann)
π The Details, by Ia Genberg (translated by Kira Josefsson)
π White Nights, by Urszula Honek (translated by Kate Webster)
π Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong (translated by Sora Kim-Russel and Youngjae Josephine Bae)
π A Dictator Calls, by Ismail Kadare (translated by John Hodgson)
π The Silver Bone, by Andrey Kurkov (translated by Boris Dralyuk)
π What I'd Rather Not Think About, by Jente Postuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey)
π Lost on Me, by Veronica Raimo (translated by Leah Janeczko)
π The House on Via Gemito, by Domenico Starnone (translated by Oonagh Stransky)
π Crooked Plow, by Itamar Vieira Junior (translated by Johnny Lorenz)
π Undiscovered, by Gabriela Wiener (translated by Julia Sanches)
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00:00 Longlist thoughts
03:33 First sentence ranking
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
π Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #internationalbookerprize
A good first impression is critical, even when you're reading a book, so I decided to get to know the International Booker Prize 2024 longlist by reading, judging and ranking their first sentences.
β
Books mentioned:
π Not a River, by Selva Almada (translated by Annie McDermott)
π SimpatΓa, by Rodrigo Blanco CalderΓ³n (translated by Noel HernΓ‘ndez GonzΓ‘lez and Daniel Hahn)
π Kairos, by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Michael Hofmann)
π The Details, by Ia Genberg (translated by Kira Josefsson)
π White Nights, by Urszula Honek (translated by Kate Webster)
π Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong (translated by Sora Kim-Russel and Youngjae Josephine Bae)
π A Dictator Calls, by Ismail Kadare (translated by John Hodgson)
π The Silver Bone, by Andrey Kurkov (translated by Boris Dralyuk)
π What I'd Rather Not Think About, by Jente Postuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey)
π Lost on Me, by Veronica Raimo (translated by Leah Janeczko)
π The House on Via Gemito, by Domenico Starnone (translated by Oonagh Stransky)
π Crooked Plow, by Itamar Vieira Junior (translated by Johnny Lorenz)
π Undiscovered, by Gabriela Wiener (translated by Julia Sanches)
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00:00 Longlist thoughts
03:33 First sentence ranking
β
Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
π Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #internationalbookerprize