Booker Prize Longlist Predictions
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- In this video I'm going to discuss 13 books that the judges could pick for the Booker longlist on the 1st of August, I also discuss the judges taste in literature, their interests and what they're likely to look for.
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Old lady reader here. I have followed the Booker prize for 30+ years and what a change there has been in ways to be informed about it! Before the WWW i had to find one of the big newspapers in the US (NYT) to find news on it and ordering the books was nearly impossible.
What a wonderful change you and several other BT's and web forums have made in my Booker reading life! This next month it will be a full time job (luckily i am retired from real job) to at least sample all the eligible novels, read as many as possible, and enjoy others' viewpoints and reviews. THANKS and I particularly enjoyed your methods in the video. Happy reading! 📚📕🥰
Hello and thank you. We take the internet for granted now don't we? It makes it so easy to research books.
Next month will be a joyful rush to read books won't it. 🙂
I appreciate the research into the books and the judges!
YOU'RE SO GOOD SCOTT! I'm in awe of you. Seriously. 💜💜
Thank you. ♥️ That's a nice comment from anybody, but you make amazing videos, so it's extra amazing. ☺️
This was so clever! Loved your approach on how you wanted to make your predictions.
Thank you, and I need to credit my wife for the suggestion of looking into the judges before predicting.
YOU are a great find looking forward to all your videos thank you
Thank you. Welcome to my channel. 🙂
Really cool how you gave an overview of the judges tastes and then the books!
Got to know who is picking the books. 🙂
As usual, I haven't heard of most of your picks for the booker this year! I love these videos to add more to my want to read list. I look forward to the version with the weirder books!
I did just get the Tom Crewe book and am excited to read that one!
A week ago I hadn't heard of half these novels either, so many new releases all the time it's impossible to keep up.
I hope you love The New Life, it's a great book.
Your videos include a level of information I really appreciate!
Thank you. 😊
Loved this. My favourite read of the year so far is The Offing. I love Benjamin Myers now and have 3 of his books on my shelf to read. I am currently reading In Memorium and I will be surprised if it isn’t my favourite book this year. It has that something special I haven’t felt for ages. I had a TBR at the start of the year that hasn’t been touched as so many great books are been released. Glad to see Verghese on your list. His first book sits on my all time favourites shelf. So many great books!
In Memoriam is so captivating, I think it's going to be a lot of people's favourite read this year. I'll be interested to see how it grows in my mind too.
I've never read Verghese, but I'm hoping to get to Covenant next month before the longlist, even more excited for it now. 🙂
Love seeing a diverse panel of judges! Hopefully the book selections will reflect that. I have a copy of the Tom Crewe book, but haven’t read it yet. Hoping to get to it soon as it sounds really good.
I love seeing a black woman chair the judges too, I think the Booker has reacted to the Women's Prize calling them out for being sexist and have made some really positive steps to improve their diversity, still a long way from perfect, but moving in a very nice direction.
The New Life is fantastic, I hope you love it.
Your list is so thoughtful! Thank you for all your effort. Truly.
My predictions will be more of a wish list or tempt list.
Thank you and I love wish list predictions, there's so many new release books out there, it's always interesting to learn about new ones. 🙂
Excellent approach Scott! 👏👏👏 Convinced me to In Memoriam 🙌
Thank you, it didn't help me at all, but it was fun. Enjoy In Memoriam, it's wonderful, and a bit shocking it missed out.
Great video, thanks so much for your thoughtfulness. Definitely going to read Neon Roses. I think In Ascension by Martin Macinees is a good shout - literary science fiction and so well written....
Good shout on Ascension, I haven't got to it yet and that's a risky genre for Booker predictions, but one they love when it's done the way they like it.
Whew! A great roundup. I had my name on the library waiting list for In Memoriam but then took it off because everything I heard about the content seemed unappealing. I’m glad you said the execution is better than the description because it has made me reconsider whether or not I shall read it. It’s true that Hamlet is the best of Shakespeare, btw.
I think you will really like In Memoriam, it's so well executed.
I love the work you put into this video - learning more about the judges. But the highlight was the 99 Balloons 🎈🎈 😂😂 I've just started listening to Wandering Souls. I'm interested in Birnam Wood too.
Thank you. I hope you like Wandering Souls, I suspect you will, but it can be a bit full on at times too.
I like your judge-based approach to predicting the long list. Just watching prediction videos is blowing up my TBR. Again.
Thank you and yeah making this video added about 20 books to my TBR. Too many great sounding books out there. 🙂
I love how much your researches the judges, their tastes, and then logically chose the 13, so good to watch.
I have some of these on order from the library already. I think I'll read just what appeals, then see what makes the shortlist. I keep reading longlist books I'm not that interested in, and then think what was the point of they don't make the shortlist!
Of these, I'd probably most like to read Verghese's new book, as I absolutely adored Cutting For Stone.
This was Nelle's suggestion to look into the judges, I just listened to her. Thank you. 🙂
The Verghese is already getting fantastic reviews.
Very convincing arguments you've put forward for these being the nominees. I've only read Birnam Wood and Wandering Souls. Birnam Wood I'm hoping will be on it. Wandering Souls is a good book but nothing really screams Booker about it to me. You've convinced me to read In Memoriam. The Covenant of Water is on my radar, on my reserve list at the library actually. I really want Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright to be included, but I'm yet to read it.
I have seen hardly anything on Praiseworthy, gone completely under my radar, but Alexis Wright is certainly a name I wouldn't be surprised to see on the Booker longlist.
Excellent analysis as to the reasons for your choices, and can’t wait to see how it compares to the long list.
Thank you, it will be interesting to see how many or if the judges completely surprised everybody.
Great video. lots of wonderful books to consider. Hope it is a debut. Thanks for all your research. Have In Memoriam on my list.
I'd love a debut winner too.
I loved the thought process behind choosing the probables! Great video 😊
Thank you. 🙂
Thank you, Scott!🌷Whether these books will be selected by the jury or not, they all sound like great reads!!!📚📚📚
Thank you. I don't know how many I'll get right either, but now I have a bunch more books to read regardless. 🙂
Making a predictions list is always bad (good?) for the tbr haha. After trying for the women's prize, I didn't want to try for the Booker 🤣 but loving this Scott! You always have such a good eye for literary fiction! I'm praying that Demon doesn't make it on the longlist haha (or win?!?) but at least if it does I've already read it 😅I'd love another video with even more great titles!
I think even the people who liked Demon are getting sick of seeing if, surely they want to know about other books.
Thank you so much. 🙂
So smart to approach from the judges' points of view! Enter Ghost is an interesting pick and a great call (though I haven't read it either - it sounds perfect for the Booker). Thanks for the great list!
Thank you, I need to credit Nelle with her suggestion to look into the judges POV first. Enter Ghost was a bit of a wildcard, but it's a book I immediately put on hold from my library when I read the description and I agree it just sounds bookerish.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot Smart thinking, Nelle!!
In Memoriam, Birnam Wood, The New Life, and Close to Home we’re all brilliant and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re on the list. I’d also add Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, it was absolutely, hauntingly beautiful.
I think Sebastian Barry is a good call, one I wouldn't be surprised to see make it. I haven't managed to get to Old God's Time yet, but hopefully I will soon. So many great sounding books out there they almost need to expand the longlist.
This is such a well researched prediction list. I can't wait to see how it compares. I ordered Neon Roses before the end of the video 😊
Thank you and how good does Neon Rose sound.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot VERY!
I would love it if Wandering Souls made it!! Neon Roses could be WP for next year too!! Sounds so good!!
This is such a great list. I would be happy with this❤️ (my two DNF’s aside- I could go back to them …. maybe 😂)
I am with you on In Memoriam for the WIN🤞🤞🤞🤞
To be honest I think Neon Roses sounds more like a Women's Prize book than a Booker book, I can't wait to track down a copy.
I thought you would approve of Wandering Souls making the list, I definitely think the judges will be considering it.
Cuddy and The New Life are the only ones of these I have read as yet. Both have a Booker longlist vibe. I am interested now in Neon Roses and Enter Ghost.
I just finished Enter Ghost earlier today and it's fantastic, one of my favourite reads this year.
My copy of Alice Winn’s In Memoriam has just arrived in at the library. Excited to pick it up now 👏
It's such a masterpiece of a novel, I hope you love it. It's got a stupidly high average Goodreads rating especially for a literary fiction novel.
Since the 26th of November is my birthday, that will be easy to remember. The books I’d like to see on the list
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Deluge by Stephen Markley
I’m listening to The New Life on audio. Not sure yet about it.
Thanks for doing this video Scott.
🍀👋☘️📕📚📖☕️
Deluge is massive! I didn't come across it when I was researching, it sounds really interesting.
I hope your birthday is gifted with a good winner and I hope The New Life wins you over soon.
Interesting... I haven't been that interested in birnam wood because the cover doesn't appeal to me much and I heard the shakespeare link was tenous as you mentioned. But you're enjoying it which makes me think twice. Other than wandering souls, none of these predictions are quite books that I would read... which sounds about right for the booker prize so I think you're spot on 😂 I just don't read this kind of historical fiction much like a lot of these. I have a feeling Winn is going to win too. I feel like with the love that book is getting from so many people, it kind of already deserves it 😌
Birnam Wood will be one of my favourites this year, the Shakespeare link is just a nice reference really, that's it. It's not the normal kind of literary fiction you go for and it is a little on the thriller side too; but there are other things in it I think you might like. Honestly not sure if you would enjoy it, but she's done what she wanted really well.
I have read Enter Ghost now and that Shakespeare link is not tenuous at all.
Winn is getting so much love, honestly it's not a surprise that book is very well executed.
Your long list sounds amazing. Hope the Booker list is as good 👍
Thank you and I hope so too, if not I might read this list instead. 😋
Booker-longlisted or not, this is an impressive list. I actually mean to say a yummy list for my summer, thank you for curating it.
Thank you. Researching all the books out there that could make the longlist always throws up some amazing sounding books.
I cannot wait to see how many you get right!
Me too. Kind of hope I get a few, but that there are a few surprises too. 🙂
Loved all the judge I info!! Very interesting 🧐
I would love to see Wandering Souls make the list.
Still think you’re wrong about Demon 😜
So many here that I hadn’t heard of before!! But quite a few cross over with my predictions too (when I eventually film it 🤪)
I wouldn't be very surprised if I were wrong on Demon, it was on my long longlist of potential books.
I look forward to seeing which books you predict when you make your video, but I'm assuming Demon will be the first book.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot of course! It’s the best book of the year!!
I can't wait for Demon Copperhead to win this year's Booker! 😂😜 Your thoughtful research and logic process is so impressive! All likely choices. I'm reading The Fraud at the moment. And you've reminded me I need to get to Cuddy as I love Myers' writing which is often beautiful. It'll be exciting to see if the judges' actual choices align with yours.
Haha, a triple prize winner would be very impressive.
I expect I'll probably only get 2 or 3 right, but it was fun seeing what kind of literature the judges like.
@erickarlanderson Cuddy is good, Eric. Very clever in the way the narrative style changes in each time period.
Really agree on demon copperhead
Given the events of the last year and the beauty of the writing, I can't believe you excluded Victory City by Rushdie.
I would also like In Ascension by Martin Macinnes to be on the list.
Rushdie must be one of the favourites. I wouldn't be surprised to see him longlisted, but maybe we will see him win the Nobel Prize this year instead.
Lots of people loving up Martin MacInnes, not had a chance to get to his book yet, but it sounds promising. 🙂
covenant of water is a good shout, I've just added it to be scribd saved list. i hope birnam wood is on there to give me an excuse to get to it quicker!
I didn't realise Covenant of Water was on Scribd, I put it on hold on Libby. Thank you, no queues, no returns that much easier.
Get a Headstart on the Booker and read Birnam Wood before the longlist is announced. I finished it today and it's fantastic.
sausage rolls and vibrators had me chuckling! Great predictions!
Finding that in her bio was my favourite moment of research too
Currently reading The New Life, definitely wouldn’t be surprised to see it on there. Will be intrigued to see the longlist, trying to so hard to not get caught up in it all though. I will not be reading the longlist!
I often think the best reading experience is to check out the longlist and read the books that are of interest to you... But I love getting caught up, even if the books are bad it's still fun. Glad to hear you're enjoying The New Life, such a good book.
I want to read them all now!! I can't wait for the longest to be announced
I know there's so many exciting sounding books out there now, I can't wait.
Why do I want to read the books even though I don’t want to get into the Booker again! Loving the idea of looking at the judges’ bookish tastes. Can’t wait for Demon to win this one as well. 😊🏆
Haha, if Demon wins the Women's Prize, the Pulitzer and the Booker it really will be something unheard of... Also, I probably get about 12 books wrong, so you can pick them up Booker guilt free.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot yay! I’ll just still to the unauthorised Scott list.
Great to see Wandering Souls getting a mention
Definitely in the running I think. 🙂
Enter Ghost is brilliant.
Since filming I've read it and it's one of my favourite books of the year so far.
Hi!! I was rather hoping Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk"s new book The Nights Of Plague in your list.
Did you not include that one for any particular reason?
Love your contents btw❤
It's translated so would have been eligible for the International Booker Prize instead. I actually think I did predict it when I made a video for that prize earlier in the year, but the judges didn't longlist it.
Thank you. 🙂
@@GunpowderFictionPlot oh yes right.I remember now. 🙏🏻
Cuddy is good. The form of writing changes along with the time periods, it’s clever. It’s a bit religious but more about how people in the different time periods experience that rather than promoting religion. I don’t know if that makes sense but I expect to see it on the Booker longlist.
Thank you for the information on Cuddy. I had my library hold come in between filming and editing and DNFed it because the first section was beautifully written, but too much for me. I've put a hold back on it as soon as I read your comment, I assumed the style was constant all the way through, I'm clearly wrong and I'm even more excited to read it now and regretting returning it so efficiently, as there is a queue.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot There are 4 or 5 different time periods and the writing reflects that. For example there's a 1827 section which is written like literature of that time, and the last is a contemporary narrative (probably not the correct thing to say but you could try the last two sections before deciding to return to prior sections). But now I'll feel responsible if you try it again and still don't get on with it. LOL.
Don't feel responsible if I don't like it, I have a kissing toads attitude to books anyway, and quite a few people have expressed their love of Myers in the comments here. Even if I end up not liking the book it will be for different reasons, I would have continued with it for much longer if I knew the writing style was going to change every story.
A “bit religious”: I’ll definitely be reading it!
Birnam Wood was a fantastic read. I would definitely recommend that to everyone and hope it wins.
Hard agree, such a wonderful novel.
You read it here first - the Irish Booker nominee is going to be 'Juno Loves Legs' by Karl Geary.
That's a fantastic call, I've just finished reading that book yesterday and it's very Booker.
Ooh some very intriguing books on this list even if none of them end up on the Booker long list 😅
I know, one of the joys I get of making this video is all the wonderful books I discover through researching it.
An interesting selection. However, having read a number of his books, I do not think that Bournville will make the long list. His last book, Middle England, was much better. Bournville is just not good enough. I look forward to reading In Memoriam.
Bournville does seem to be one of the least popular choices here. It might not be his best book, but I think it's better than a few of the novels to make it last year, so I still think it's possible. If I had my time again I might have replaced it with House of Doors.in my predictions.
I hope you love In Memoriam.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot Will do. Thank you. Just wondering if Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting might make the cut?
The film Pride wonderfully captures the support the LGBTQ community gave to the miners strike. It's one of my favourite films. I've seen quite a few times. Very heartwarming, emotional and funny.
Ooo, I think Nelle watched that film a while ago and told me about it, I might have to watch it later because that story is just happiness and flipping the bird at conservative.
I keep forgetting that Robert Webb is a judge 😂
Neon Roses sounds amazing!
I'd really like to hear more predictions from you of lesser known books 😊
He seems like such a weird choice, especially as he never plays anybody bookish in his acting, but apparently he's super bookish.
Neon Rose sounds like such a good read.
If In Memoriam wins I’m boycotting The Booker for the rest of eternity.
A gay book about world war 1 you didn't enjoy! 😱 That's a big concern.
@@GunpowderFictionPlot it’s well written, I just have concerns about how much it plagiarises, err I mean, is influenced by other First World War literature.
Do you have specific instances of plagiarism?
I am finally free to watch these videos without my own list becoming influenced 🎉
Really interesting list, and cool analysis of the judges.
Half hoping the Verghese is nominated just so I have an excuse to buy that very, very pretty book.
Soldier, Sailor is genuinely fantastic - one of the best books I’ve read this year. Don’t know if I’ve completely missed something though, but I didn’t read it as a suicide note. Just a letter from a mother to her son.
Not long to go! 🥹
I probably have Soldier Sailor wrong, I haven't read it yet, I just combed through some reviews and who knows if they were accurate or if I got muddled with all the books I was looking up at once.
I'm sure there will be a nice hard back with sprayed edges or something similar of the Verghese, they always look stunning, but I never want to read them, just admire them lest I break the spine is something.