2018 Man Booker Longlist: Milkman
Next up, Milkman by Anna Burns. Most of our panel managed to read this longlisted book. Once again we are pretty split on the book. Here are our reviews. Read more
Sep 12
23 Comments
Sep 11
2018 Man Booker Longlist: From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
We’ll be churning out the rest of the longlist this week in hopes to cram them all in before the shortlist announcement is mad. Next up for our panel is Donal Ryan’s newest book, From a Low and Quiet Sea. Here are our reviews… Read more
Sep 10
2018 Man Booker Longlist: Snap
Next up is Snap by Belinda Bauer. Five of our panelists read this book. Here are our reviews… Read more
Sep 3
2018 Man Booker Longlist: The Water Cure
Up next for our shadow panel is The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh. Five of our panelists read this book. Here are our reviews. Read more
Aug 31
2018 Man Booker Longlist: Warlight
Next up for our shadow panel is Warlight by Michael Ondaatje who just this year won the Golden Man Booker for The English Patient. All of us read this book. Once again, our panel is pretty split on this longlisted book. For the record, Andrew is wrong (I’ll try to argue why in the comment section). Here are our reviews… Read more
Aug 22
2018 Man Booker Longlist: The Overstory
Next up for our Shadow Panel is The Overstory by American novelist Richard Powers. Five of our panelists read this book. We’re off to a rough start with longest books this year. Will this book break the trend? Here are our reviews… Read more
Aug 14
2018 Man Booker Longlist: The Mars Room
Next up for our Man Booker shadow panel is The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner.
Five of our panelists read this book and we were all pretty split. Two of us liked it, two of us didn’t, and one fell in the middle. Here are our reviews. Read more
Aug 13
Man Booker Longlist: Sabrina
And we are officially off and running with our Man Booker shadow panel reviews. First up is Sabrina, the first graphic novel ever nominated for the prize. Over the next month we’ll be posting reviews for each of the Man Booker longlist books. We hope you join us in reading the books and make sure to comment with your thoughts about each book
Four of our panelists read this book. Here are our reviews. Read more
Jul 23
2018 Man Booker Longlist
The longlist was released today at midnight in the UK. Well, technically the Guardian accidentally posted the list earlier in the afternoon. Check out which books made the list and how our judges did with their predictions. Read more
Non 1001 Book Review: The Survival Game by Nicky Singer
Tomorrow our shadow panel returns with our 2018 Man Booker feature. For the next month we’ll be sharing our views on the Man Booker longest (announced tomorrow). While we wait for the announcement, here’s a “lighter” (aka less literary) review for those of you who are fans of YA dystopia. Read more
jenp27
Nicole Del Sesto
The Reader's Room 