2026 Booker Prize Longlist: The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
Next up for our panel is The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley which brings us almost to the halfway point in our longlist endeavors. Here are our reviews.
Aug 27
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Aug 25
2026 Booker Longlist: The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams
Next up for our panel is the very polarizing book by Missouri Williams, The Vivesectors. Readers this year seem to either love or hate this novel. Four and a half of our panel members read this. Here are our reviews….
Aug 20
2026 Booker Prize: May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
Next up for our panel is May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry. Here are our reviews….
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2026 Booker Longlist: Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
Next up for panel is Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman. Five of our panel read this nominee and here are our reviews…
Read moreAug 13
2026 Booker Longlist: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Next up for our panel is The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. Our whole panel read this book. Keep reading to see how it rates among our panel.
Read moreAug 11
2026 Booker Longlist: John of John by Douglas Stuart
First up for panel is the book that seemed to make the most prediction lists: John of John by Douglas Stuart. Three of our panel members read this book and here are our reviews…
Read moreJul 28
2026 Booker Prize Longlist
It’s here! The booker longlist was announced today at 2pm BST. I did worse than usual on my prediction list, but I own quite a few of them and am excited to read them. Here is the list…
Jul 17
Battle of the Bots: Which AI can Predict the Booker?
Yesterday our panel posted our 2026 Booker longlist predictions. Today it’s time for the AI predictions. You all saw how well Chat GPT did with its predictions. I asked several frequently-used AI to give us their predictions for this year’s booker longlist. The prompt was the same for all. The prompt I gave was: Can you please give me your predictions for the 13 books you think will make the 2026 Booker longlist. Please follow Booker Prize eligibility criteria. Books must be originally written in English, have a UK publisher, and be published between October 1, 2025 and September 20, 2026. Thanks to Gygoldenreviewer (if you’re not already following him on Instagram, you should rectify that asap) for pointing out that ChatGPT from yesterday’s post selected a book that does not have a UK publisher. As such, I modified the prompt slightly to try and direct them to be more accurate.
Responses were copied and pasted exactly as obtained. I did not correct any errors. Keep reading to find out what they all predicted.
Read moreJul 16
2026 Booker Longlist Predictions
It’s that time again! Every year our panel comes together to read and review all the booker nominees and to predict the winners. Welcome back to Andrew who is joining us again this year after a short hiatus. This year’s longlist will be announced on July 28. Every year we try and most years we fail spectacularly to get more than 3 correct predictions each. Will we have better luck this year? Keep reading to find out who we all selected and let us know what you think.
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The Last Samurai (no relation to Tom Cruise movie) – Helen DeWitt
Where has this book been all my life?
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