Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Man Booker Prize Reading Challenge 2017

Man Booker Prize
Reading Challenge

official site

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The long list was announced on July 27 and it got me excited to give this batch of books a read. The list is below and I plan to give some of these a go.

The short list will be announced on September 13.

The winner will be announced on October 17.

WINNER: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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Books on the long list:

4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
(US) (Faber & Faber)
-Literary, Family saga
Amazon | Goodreads
* short list

Days Without End
by Sebastian Barry
(Ireland) (Faber & Faber)
-Literary, Historical, Military
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | rating: 5

History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
(US) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
-Literary, Coming of Age
Amazon | Goodreads | DNF
* short list

Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
(Pakistan-UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
-Literary,
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | rating: 4
* short list

Solar Bones
by Mike McCormack (Ireland) (Canongate)
-Literary, Ireland
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: DNF

Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor (UK) (4th Estate)
-Literary, Mystery
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: tba

Elmet
Elmet by Fiona Mozley (UK) (JM Originals)
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads
* short list

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy (India) (Hamish Hamilton)
-Literary, India
Amazon | Goodreads

Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders (US) (Bloomsbury Publishing)
-Literary, Historical
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | rating: 4
* short list

Home Fire
by Kamila Shamsie (UK-Pakistan) (Bloomsbury Circus)
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | rating: 4

Autumn
by Ali Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads
* short list

Swing Time
by Zadie Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)
-Literary
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | rating: 4

The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (US) (Fleet)
-Literary, Historical
Amazon | Goodreads



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