The Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books and Longlist Hopes/Predictions!

Hello, I'm Bob, and Booker season is fast approaching!

Here is me talking about some of the eligible books, as well as my hopes and predictions!

As mentioned, I owe a great deal of thanks to the creators of this list, and all books I mention feature on it if you want to find out more about them: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Context/Rules of the Prize
04:50 Big Hitters and Popular Books
11:03 Previously Listed Authors
16:33 Debuts, Indies and Wildcards
23:27 My List- Predictions and Hopes


My Wishlist is:

Kaveh Akbar- Martyr!
Paul Auster- Baumgartner
Jennifer Croft- The Extinction of Irena Rey
Percival Everett- James
Sinead Gleeson- Hagstone
Samantha Harvey- Orbital
Ronan Hession- Ghost Mountain
Hisham Matar- My Friends
David Nicholls- You Are Here
Saraid de Silva- Amma
Elizabeth Strout- Tell Me Everything
Joelle Taylor- The Night Alphabet
Justin Torres- Blackouts

(Yes, I know it is technically 14, but I am trying to decide between Auster and Strout!)

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