Bob The Bookerer | The Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books and Longlist Hopes/Predictions! @BobTheBookerer | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Hello, I'm Bob, and Booker season is fast approaching!
Here is me talking about some of the eligible books, as well as my hopes and predictions!
As mentioned, I owe a great deal of thanks to the creators of this list, and all books I mention feature on it if you want to find out more about them: goodreads.com/list/show/188738.Booker_Prize_Eligible_2024?page=1
Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Context/Rules of the Prize
04:50 Big Hitters and Popular Books
11:03 Previously Listed Authors
16:33 Debuts, Indies and Wildcards
23:27 My List- Predictions and Hopes
My Wishlist is:
Kaveh Akbar- Martyr!
Paul Auster- Baumgartner
Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey
Percival Everett- James
Sinead Gleeson- Hagstone
Samantha Harvey- Orbital
Ronan Hession- Ghost Mountain
Hisham Matar- My Friends
David Nicholls- You Are Here
Saraid de Silva- Amma
Elizabeth Strout- Tell Me Everything
Joelle Taylor- The Night Alphabet
Justin Torres- Blackouts
(Yes, I know it is technically 14, but I am trying to decide between Auster and Strout!)
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Thank you for watching! You can also support my channel by buying your books through the following links (please note, these are affiliate links, so I will get a small percentage of the cost, but it will not affect the price of the book!)
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/bobthebookerer
Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=BobTheBookerer
Waterstones: awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=3787&awinaffid=916997
Scribd: scribd.com/g/9u6hrz
Amazon (UK/US/CA): amzn.to/3Ds5b2z
Kindle: amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/subscribe/ku?tag=bobthebookere-21
Audible: amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=bobthebookere-21
You can also find me on Twitter at @wordbib and on the below:
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bobthebookerer
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885-bob-hughes
Email: bobthebookerer@gmail.com
Hello, I'm Bob, and Booker season is fast approaching!
Here is me talking about some of the eligible books, as well as my hopes and predictions!
As mentioned, I owe a great deal of thanks to the creators of this list, and all books I mention feature on it if you want to find out more about them: goodreads.com/list/show/188738.Booker_Prize_Eligible_2024?page=1
Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Context/Rules of the Prize
04:50 Big Hitters and Popular Books
11:03 Previously Listed Authors
16:33 Debuts, Indies and Wildcards
23:27 My List- Predictions and Hopes
My Wishlist is:
Kaveh Akbar- Martyr!
Paul Auster- Baumgartner
Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey
Percival Everett- James
Sinead Gleeson- Hagstone
Samantha Harvey- Orbital
Ronan Hession- Ghost Mountain
Hisham Matar- My Friends
David Nicholls- You Are Here
Saraid de Silva- Amma
Elizabeth Strout- Tell Me Everything
Joelle Taylor- The Night Alphabet
Justin Torres- Blackouts
(Yes, I know it is technically 14, but I am trying to decide between Auster and Strout!)
--
Thank you for watching! You can also support my channel by buying your books through the following links (please note, these are affiliate links, so I will get a small percentage of the cost, but it will not affect the price of the book!)
Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/shop/bobthebookerer
Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=BobTheBookerer
Waterstones: awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=3787&awinaffid=916997
Scribd: scribd.com/g/9u6hrz
Amazon (UK/US/CA): amzn.to/3Ds5b2z
Kindle: amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/subscribe/ku?tag=bobthebookere-21
Audible: amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=bobthebookere-21
You can also find me on Twitter at @wordbib and on the below:
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bobthebookerer
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/94796885-bob-hughes
Email: bobthebookerer@gmail.com
