Sep 23
As a panel we’ve made our predictions for the shortlist which will be announced tomorrow. Every year we rate each book on several categories including writing, originality, plot development, character development, and personal enjoyment. This year we will also pick our favorite book specific to each category and a few other categories. So here are our musings and reflections on this year’s longlist.
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The time has come for our shortlist predictions. We’ve spent the last few months reading all the longlist books and rating the nominees. Keep reading to see which books topped our collective list and what panelists picked as their personal predictions.
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Our panel’s final book is The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller. Keep reading to see our reviews and final ranking of all Booker longlist nominees.
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Next up for our panel is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by prior award winner Kiran Desai. Given the size of the novel, only two of our panelists managed to read this novel before the shortlist announcement. Keep reading to see what our panel had to say about this book.
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Book 11 is The Rest of our Lives by Ben Markovits. Here are our reviews…
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Seacraper is next for our panel as we move into the home stretch. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Next up for our panel is the second of two debut novels that made the list this year. Four of our panelists read this book. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Flesh by David Szalay is the 8th books our panel reviewed. All five judges read this nominee and here are our reviews…
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Book number seven for our panel is one of the few debut novels that made the list this year. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Next up for our panel is Natasha Brown’s Universality. Four of our panelists read the book, our fifth panelist attempted and abandoned it.
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