Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago

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It’s the MOST EXCITING time of the year, as the Booker longlist is almost upon us! With so many incredible books eligible for a nomination, his was incredibly hard to do.

It’s possible none of these will make it and we would still end up with a fantastic list. But it’s just a bit of fun, and if nothing else hopefully you’ll find some good book recommendations here.

By the way, apologies that the sound quality takes a dip about halfway through… for some reason my phone switched from my external microphone to my phone’s microphone 🤦‍♂️

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Books mentioned
📖 You’ll have to watch to find out…

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Timing, eligibility and judges
06:23 Big Hitters
09:09 The Comeback Kids
12:22 The Debuts
15:57 The Indies
19:08 The Wildcards
20:03 Wrap-up

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If you want to continue your Booker predictions binge, here are some other predictions videos to turn to next:
@BobTheBookerer youtube.com/watch?v=FpOenv8BTnE
@GunpowderFictionPlot youtube.com/watch?v=K6K4SBBEjHY
@charlottemolloy youtube.com/watch?v=MEs0-Ysd6t4
@Shellyish youtube.com/watch?v=U4y3rcY6wHk
@kiranreader and @NerdyNurseReads youtube.com/live/-Cocje86voQ

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