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Posted on July 24, 2018 at 8:46 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize was released yesterday evening.
The following thirteen nominees were chosen from among a list of 171 books, the largest number of submissions in the prize’s fifty-year history, according to a press release.
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Snap, by Belinda Bauer (UK).
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Milkman, by Anna Burns (UK).
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Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso (US).
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Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan (Canada).
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In Our Mad And Furious City, by Guy Gunaratne (UK).
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Everything Under, by Daisy Johnson (UK).
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The Mars Room, by Rachel Kushner (US).
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The Water Cure, by Sophie Mackintosh (UK).
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Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje (Canada).
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The Overstory, by Richard Powers (US).
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The Long Take, by Robin Robertson (UK).
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Normal People, by Sally Rooney (Ireland).
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From A Low And Quiet Sea, by Donal Ryan (Ireland).
The five judges will cull this list to six and announce those semifinalists on September 20, and the winner will be revealed October 16.
Of note: Sabrina is the first graphic novel to make the longlist, according to The Guardian.
The list also includes the writer who won the Golden Man Booker, a special honor to mark the award’s fifty-year anniversary: Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient.
And four of the novels are the authors’ debuts: The Long Take, The Water Cure, In Our Mad And Furious City, and Everything Under.
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