Booker Prize longlist: See the 13 'dynamite' novels up for this year's prestigious award
Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart and Marlon James are among the 13 authors recognised this year.
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"We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone."
— Mary Beard , Academic
Key People
Author of The Shadow of the Object.
Author of All Them Dogs.
Author known for his critically acclaimed novel Shuggie Bain.
Pulitzer Prize winner and author recognized for her novel The Things We Never Say.
Author of Switzy.
Author of The Palm House.
Author of The Renovation.
Author of Black Bag.
Author of Helen of Nowhere.
Author and Booker Prize winner recognized for The Disappearers.
Chair of the judges for the Booker Prize.
Author of The Vivisectors.
Author of The End of Everything.
Author who recently won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.
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Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart and Marlon James are among the 13 authors recognised this year.
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