Finally catching up with other people's longlist predictions. I really like this list! And we have a few in common. I *adored* Blackouts and felt very emotional (and validated) when it won the NBA, but couldn't squeeze it into my list in the end. Great sleuthing on the Nicholls! He's been longlisted before but feels like the Booker has moved away from 'contemporary' and much closer to 'literary', but it will be really interesting to see if they swing back (and how much sway Collins might have on the panel!)
I haven’t watched yet but I’m soooo excited to see prediction videos popping up! I am trying to finalize my list so I am holding off on watching others so I’m not influenced but I’m sure your list is fantastic. Not only that, your prediction lists always damage my TBR! it’s Booker season, baby!!!
That's a great list. I'd like to add in My Friends by Hisham Matar. And I really hope they don't hit us with a book that doesn't release until after the shortlist is announced, because looking at the dates that would actually be possible 🤪
No Praiseworthy? No My Friends? Those two are on my possibles list. There's a few on your list that I can't wait to get to! Shafak's is one of them, James is another. A couple I hadn't heard of but boy is there a long waiting list at the library for them- The Coast Road and You are Here, are two that I've added my name to those very long lists.
I definitely think they're possible and will be part of the conversation. I wouldn't be surprised if they were longlisted, I just think the longlist will have a few of the titles we're all talking about (I went for James, Road to the Country, the Claire Messud and Blackouts), and also some lesser known books, so it's a no space for them on the list... I've not read either, so I could be underestimating them.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot Praiseworthy is brilliant! Worth the effort to read it, IMHO. My Friends is sitting by the bed, waiting for me to finish a couple on the MF shortlist 😀
I'm currently reading The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh and it's whew! Really good! Great list! I picked out a few the same as you but you've introduced me to some titles I haven't heard of. this should be a very interesting long list. I think there's a possibility that Brotherless Night could be on the list.
I have no idea how it's possible to narrow down a list from all of the eligible books😆 I really want to read Jaded but I just can't see it being on that list given what I know of the booker ... definitely want to read The Coast Road now too!
I really enjoyed all of this well researched speculation. I loved James and Blackouts. I'd also love to see Heaven & Earth Grocery Store make it in there, too. I want to read The Safe Keep!
Thanks, Scott!🌷I do hope The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store makes the longlist and I’m curious to see whether Tell Me Everything, the new novel by Elizabeth Strout expected in September, will make it. I look forward to your Booker reviews!😊📚
With Strout it depends on the judges tastes, I guess that's true for everybody, but I think Strout seems to have her super fans who adore her work and people who don't understand the fuss.
New subscriber. Thanks for this video - a nice list I think! Have you read Martyr! ? I persoally haven't, but based on where I've been sitting this year it seems like that's going to be an inevitable long list nominee. Actually, I should pry figure out if it's elligible because perhaps it's not and I didn't know that and that's why you didn't mention it lol.
I have read Martyr! It is eligible, it is good too, but I didn't pick it. For me, it was just good, like 4 stars, very happy I read it, but I was not amazed. I certainly wouldn't be upset if I got that one wrong.
❤️📖 I do hope your predictions are close to the mark🤞. You make such good choices, Scott, and this is just the list I want to read! I've already read and loved both The Safekeep and James and put on hold The Coast Road, which I heard about first on Savidge Reads, and Whale Fall - interested to see if I also like it better than Clear 😊 😮 I think I may try Boysie Singh on audio.
You rascal! Several of your honorable mentions were previously unknown to me, and it might have been best if that had remained the case. Because I don't need another excuse to go to the bookstore. ;-) I'm so glad you predicted The Safekeep. It's probably going to be my favorite of the year. I think it's brilliant, for all the reasons you said. I'm holding out for The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston. I'd love to see an Australian author (other than Alexis Wright, though I concede she's the most likely. The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsop is my hope. Also - Passiontide by Monique Roffey to rep the Caribbean.
Excellent! I can’t imagine that Everett won’t be a tremendous contender for the Pulitzer, and I hope you are right that the Booker will take it seriously, too. What a book! That Shafak cover is so much better than the American version! So glad to hear Whale Fall is on your list.
I struggle to see how anything other than James else can win the Pulitzer next year. It just seems so perfect for that prize. I'm sure the Pulitzer will string a surprise and we will all be disappointed or excited depending on the quality of the book they do go for, but if I were a bookie I wouldn't be taking bets on James winning Pulitzer right now.
James is certainly the standout most likely to be on the longlist. Listening to your predictions I feel like I haven't even been reading this year, so many titles I haven't heard of but would like to get to. Naturally, I would like to see an Australian writer, perhaps Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko. I'm still plodding through Praiseworthy but struggling. I actually hope it's not on the list.
Why is it that I feel like your predictions are going to end up being better than the actual list? There has to be at least 1-2 books where everyone is like “How the hell did this make the bookers?!” I would love to see Everett, McBride, Emezi, Obioma, Shafak, and Gonzalez make the list…but sadly I don’t think the Bookers would put out a list that diverse. Maybe they’ll prove me wrong though.
@@lisadoyle6287 I am thrilled that these brainy people like yourself Lisa, are so passionate about reading novels! I once read an abridged children's version of 'Black Beauty' and other books but I am a really poor reader. I think that these Booker Prize judges who read so many novels are geniuses! All the best with your reading, Lisa! Cheers - Mike.
I’d love Greta & Valdin and The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store to be long listed. I’m currently listening to Evenings and Weekends The In Between I finished Enlightenment by Sarah Perry It was a very disappointing book. I should have DNFd it 20% in but I kept reading hoping it would improve.
Messud was in fact longlisted for the Booker in 2006 with The emperor's children
Thank you for letting me know. 😊
Finally catching up with other people's longlist predictions. I really like this list! And we have a few in common.
I *adored* Blackouts and felt very emotional (and validated) when it won the NBA, but couldn't squeeze it into my list in the end.
Great sleuthing on the Nicholls! He's been longlisted before but feels like the Booker has moved away from 'contemporary' and much closer to 'literary', but it will be really interesting to see if they swing back (and how much sway Collins might have on the panel!)
I haven’t watched yet but I’m soooo excited to see prediction videos popping up! I am trying to finalize my list so I am holding off on watching others so I’m not influenced but I’m sure your list is fantastic. Not only that, your prediction lists always damage my TBR! it’s Booker season, baby!!!
Oh, there’s danger in this one. Watch at your own peril.
@@StephanieP1901 I knew it!!! 😂
That's a great list. I'd like to add in My Friends by Hisham Matar. And I really hope they don't hit us with a book that doesn't release until after the shortlist is announced, because looking at the dates that would actually be possible 🤪
Agree that My Friends should be on the longlist.
Great list of books and enjoyable video - many thanks.
Will be soooo interested to see what makes it. I really want to read Whale Fall either way
No Praiseworthy? No My Friends? Those two are on my possibles list.
There's a few on your list that I can't wait to get to! Shafak's is one of them, James is another. A couple I hadn't heard of but boy is there a long waiting list at the library for them- The Coast Road and You are Here, are two that I've added my name to those very long lists.
I definitely think they're possible and will be part of the conversation. I wouldn't be surprised if they were longlisted, I just think the longlist will have a few of the titles we're all talking about (I went for James, Road to the Country, the Claire Messud and Blackouts), and also some lesser known books, so it's a no space for them on the list... I've not read either, so I could be underestimating them.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot Praiseworthy is brilliant! Worth the effort to read it, IMHO.
My Friends is sitting by the bed, waiting for me to finish a couple on the MF shortlist 😀
I'm currently reading The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh and it's whew! Really good! Great list! I picked out a few the same as you but you've introduced me to some titles I haven't heard of. this should be a very interesting long list. I think there's a possibility that Brotherless Night could be on the list.
I have no idea how it's possible to narrow down a list from all of the eligible books😆 I really want to read Jaded but I just can't see it being on that list given what I know of the booker ... definitely want to read The Coast Road now too!
Always love hearing your predictions
Thank you, thank you - for your in-depth research! I look forward to following your impressions throughout the Booker selection process this year 🙂
I really enjoyed all of this well researched speculation. I loved James and Blackouts. I'd also love to see Heaven & Earth Grocery Store make it in there, too. I want to read The Safe Keep!
Thank you for this information! Great as always!
Thanks, Scott!🌷I do hope The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store makes the longlist and I’m curious to see whether Tell Me Everything, the new novel by Elizabeth Strout expected in September, will make it. I look forward to your Booker reviews!😊📚
With Strout it depends on the judges tastes, I guess that's true for everybody, but I think Strout seems to have her super fans who adore her work and people who don't understand the fuss.
When you were talking about
About boobs that were part of a series and booker alumni I for sure thought you were gonna say Long Island Colm toibin
I wouldn't be surprised if Toibin makes the longlist, or does even better. I need to read Brooklyn so I can read Long Island.
New subscriber. Thanks for this video - a nice list I think! Have you read Martyr! ? I persoally haven't, but based on where I've been sitting this year it seems like that's going to be an inevitable long list nominee. Actually, I should pry figure out if it's elligible because perhaps it's not and I didn't know that and that's why you didn't mention it lol.
I have read Martyr! It is eligible, it is good too, but I didn't pick it. For me, it was just good, like 4 stars, very happy I read it, but I was not amazed. I certainly wouldn't be upset if I got that one wrong.
And welcome, thank you for subscribing. 😊
❤️📖 I do hope your predictions are close to the mark🤞. You make such good choices, Scott, and this is just the list I want to read!
I've already read and loved both The Safekeep and James and put on hold The Coast Road, which I heard about first on Savidge Reads, and Whale Fall - interested to see if I also like it better than Clear 😊
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I think I may try Boysie Singh on audio.
You rascal! Several of your honorable mentions were previously unknown to me, and it might have been best if that had remained the case. Because I don't need another excuse to go to the bookstore. ;-)
I'm so glad you predicted The Safekeep. It's probably going to be my favorite of the year. I think it's brilliant, for all the reasons you said.
I'm holding out for The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston. I'd love to see an Australian author (other than Alexis Wright, though I concede she's the most likely. The Great Undoing by Sharlene Allsop is my hope. Also - Passiontide by Monique Roffey to rep the Caribbean.
Omg I want to read every single one of these!
Excellent! I can’t imagine that Everett won’t be a tremendous contender for the Pulitzer, and I hope you are right that the Booker will take it seriously, too. What a book! That Shafak cover is so much better than the American version! So glad to hear Whale Fall is on your list.
I struggle to see how anything other than James else can win the Pulitzer next year. It just seems so perfect for that prize. I'm sure the Pulitzer will string a surprise and we will all be disappointed or excited depending on the quality of the book they do go for, but if I were a bookie I wouldn't be taking bets on James winning Pulitzer right now.
Oh god it's that time again
James and Blackouts would be on my list for sure.
James is certainly the standout most likely to be on the longlist. Listening to your predictions I feel like I haven't even been reading this year, so many titles I haven't heard of but would like to get to. Naturally, I would like to see an Australian writer, perhaps Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko. I'm still plodding through Praiseworthy but struggling. I actually hope it's not on the list.
Why is it that I feel like your predictions are going to end up being better than the actual list? There has to be at least 1-2 books where everyone is like “How the hell did this make the bookers?!”
I would love to see Everett, McBride, Emezi, Obioma, Shafak, and Gonzalez make the list…but sadly I don’t think the Bookers would put out a list that diverse. Maybe they’ll prove me wrong though.
I admire people who can read books.
Loved seeing Jaded on your list. A worthy addition.
@@lisadoyle6287
I am thrilled that these brainy people like yourself Lisa, are so passionate about reading novels!
I once read an abridged children's version of 'Black Beauty' and other books but I am a really poor reader.
I think that these Booker Prize judges who read so many novels are geniuses!
All the best with your reading, Lisa!
Cheers - Mike.
I’d love Greta & Valdin and The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store to be long listed. I’m currently listening to
Evenings and Weekends
The In Between
I finished
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
It was a very disappointing book. I should have DNFd it 20% in but I kept reading hoping it would improve.
Surely James will win! I would love Praiseworthy to be there and My Friends by Hisham Matar must have a chance too.