Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Hello! It's announced tomorrow, so today I'm trying to predict the 2023 booker prize longlist. I've read the booker shortlist for the last three years, and the international booker shortlist this year, which obviously gives me the authority to predict what will be on the list in 2023, despite the fact I have read precisely one (1) of them.

0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Booker Oldies
9:10 - Debut Novelists
17:05 - Books I've Seen Everywhere

Books Mentioned
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Open Throat by Henry Hoak
Kala by Colin Walsh
The Long Form by Kate Briggs
Mrs S by K Patrick
In Memoriam by Alice Wynn
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese