The 2020 Booker Prize Longlist - Reaction

Описание: The 2020 Booker Prize longlist is here and there's a lot to be excited about. It mostly includes debut novels and books by female writers. I talk through the Booker 13 pointing out my favourites, some novels I'm more ambivalent about and what I want to read next. Click 'Show More' for links and more info.

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Shortlist announced: September 15, 2020

My favourite books of 2020 so far:
   • My Favourite Books of 2020 (so far)  
I'm a judge on this year's Costa Book Awards:
   • I'm Judging a Book Prize!  

The 2020 Booker Prize Longlist:

Diane Cook, The New Wilderness
https://tidd.ly/2OZUY6v

Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
https://tidd.ly/330Oi0o

Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar
https://tidd.ly/2WWWF9e

Gabriel Krauze, Who They Was
https://tidd.ly/39zywdP

Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & The Light
https://tidd.ly/30UzOfN

Colum McCann, Apeirogon
https://tidd.ly/3g88Tn1

Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
https://tidd.ly/2EoZQ3c

Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
https://tidd.ly/32ZyNpq

Brandon Taylor, Real Life
https://tidd.ly/30SMzre

Anne Tyler, Redhead by The Side of The Road
https://tidd.ly/39vZPG9

Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain
https://tidd.ly/308QlxD

Sophie Ward, Love and Other Thought Experiments
https://tidd.ly/2D8tEAo

C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold
https://tidd.ly/3026HaY


Other books mentioned:

Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions
https://tidd.ly/3jJPD1s
Ali Smith, Summer
https://tidd.ly/2D8ONuf
Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk
https://tidd.ly/3hHxqjm
Joyce Carol Oates, Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars
https://tidd.ly/3f1u6hf
Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch
https://tidd.ly/2X3g4Fs

My reviews of what I've read from the list:
Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/1...
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/7...
Anne Tyler, Redhead by The Side of The Road
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/4...
Sophie Ward, Love and Other Thought Experiments
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/2...

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