Sally Rooney: Normal People
Lee reviews Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel, Normal People. This book was longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
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Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room
Lee reviews Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room, which is longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
Daisy Johnson: Everything Under
Lee reviews Daisy Johnson’s Everything Under, a retelling of the Oedipus myth in contemporary England. The book is on this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist.
Paul Auster: 4 3 2 1
Lee reviews Paul Auster’s 4 3 2 1, which was on this year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist.
Mike McCormack: Solar Bones
Lee reviews Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, the book that won last year’s Goldsmiths Prize, set up to “celebrate qualities of creative daring” and to “reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.” The book is also a contender for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
Zadie Smith: Swing Time
Lee reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time, which was recently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Samanta Schweblin: Fever Dream
Lee reviews Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, and recently placed on the Man Booker Prize International Prize longlist.
George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo
Lee reviews George Saunder’s debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. Read the full post.
Graeme Macrae Burnet: His Bloody Project
Lee reviews Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project, just shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the rare thriller to do so. Read the full post.
David Means: Hystopia
Lee reviews David Means’s Booker longlisted novel Hystopia. Read the full post.