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They have just officially announced the 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist! This prize holds a special place in my heart, even if I often find it very frustrating. This year, though . . . well, this is a particularly exciting longlist! It reminds me of the sense of discovery and hope I’ve felt in the Booker’s strongest years. I’m also very glad to see that, though American authors have won the award the last two years, there are only three on this longlist (which isn’t to say that the list is particularly globally diverse this year — it isn’t).<\/p>\n

I’m excited to see how these books rate in our collective consciousness! I have read none of them to date, though there are a few I have on my side-table. There are several more I’m looking into for the first ever today, and that’s so exciting!<\/p>\n

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Snap<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nby Belinda Bauer
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Everything Under<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Daisy Johnson
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Washington Black<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Esi Edugyan
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From a Low and Quiet Sea<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Donal Ryan
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In Our Mad and Furious City<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Guy Gunaratne
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Warlight<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Michael Ondaatje
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The Long Take<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Robin Robertson
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The Overstory<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Richard Powers
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Milkman<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Anna Burns
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Normal People<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Sally Rooney
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The Water Cure<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Sophie Mackintosh
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Sabrina<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Nick Drnaso
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The Mars Room<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nby Rachel Kushner
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