{"id":104628,"date":"2019-07-24T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=104628"},"modified":"2019-07-26T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:45:25","slug":"the-2019-booker-prize-longlist-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2019\/07\/24\/the-2019-booker-prize-longlist-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Booker Prize Longlist is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"2019<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 Booker Prize longlist has finally been announced, revealing an exciting and diverse lineup of books with more than a few thrilling surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longlisted book most likely to cause a stir this year is Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments<\/a><\/em>, the hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale<\/a><\/em>. This book isn’t out until early September and its contents are being kept as a closely guarded secret by Atwood’s publisher, so expect the buzz on The Testaments<\/em> to skyrocket from this point onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on the list is Lanny<\/a><\/em> by Max Porter (a firm favourite of ours – read our review<\/a>!), Frankissstein<\/a><\/em> by Jeanette Winterson, Quichotte<\/a><\/em> by Booker Prize veteran Salman Rushdie, and My Sister, the Serial Killer<\/a><\/em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite (shortlisted<\/a> for the Women’s Prize for Fiction earlier this year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Florence, the 2019 Chair of Judges, says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you only read one book this year, make a leap. Read all 13 of these. There are Nobel candidates and debutants on this list. There are no favourites; they are all credible winners. They imagine our world, familiar from news cycle disaster and grievance, with wild humour, deep insight and a keen humanity. These writers offer joy and hope. They celebrate the rich complexity of English as a global language. They are exacting, enlightening and entertaining. Really \u2013 read all of them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Who am I to argue with that? Check out all the longlisted books below (and stay tuned for the announcement of the shortlist on 3 September)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frankissstein<\/a><\/em> by Jeanette Winterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quichotte<\/a><\/em> by Salman Rushdie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lanny<\/a><\/em> by Max Porter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World<\/a><\/em> by Elif Shafak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Testaments<\/a><\/em> by Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Night Boat<\/a><\/em> <\/a>to Tangier<\/a><\/em> by Kevin Barry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Sister, the Serial Killer<\/a><\/em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ducks, Newburyport<\/a><\/em> by Lucy Ellmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Girl, Woman, Other<\/a><\/em> by Bernardine Evaristo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wall<\/a><\/em> by John Lanchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Man Who Saw Everything<\/a><\/em> by Deborah Levy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lost Children Archive<\/a><\/em> by Valeria Luiselli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Orchestra of Minorities<\/a><\/em> by Chigozie Obioma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out the full 2019 Booker Prize Longlist!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books by Margaret Atwood, Max Porter, Deborah Levy, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Salman Rushdie, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":104653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[10183,10180,9529,10192,9530,8797,10189,10182,1974,9964,10191,2762,10194,10185,9751,9290,10196,10190,3493,9750,10187,10184,10188,10181,4666,10179,10195,9422,10193,10197],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019BookerLonglist-Social.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104628"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105017,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104628\/revisions\/105017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}