Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013 (176 books)

Here we go again...another year, another list of novels eligible for this year's Man Booker Prize.

Please do not add a book unless you are fairly sure it will be eligible according to the official rules. (See: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/ente...) This means any full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland with a print edition scheduled for publication between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013.

The official longlist will be announced on July 23rd, the shortlist on September 10th, and the winner on October 15th.

Man Booker Prize Eligible Books by Year
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

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1	Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) by Kate Atkinson 3.78 avg rating — 240,738 ratings score: 7,819, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 656,132 ratings score: 5,210, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 592,513 ratings score: 3,175, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 410,411 ratings score: 2,955, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 123,900 ratings score: 2,829, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith 3.89 avg rating — 623,601 ratings score: 2,677, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	TransAtlantic by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 27,135 ratings score: 2,117, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid 3.82 avg rating — 23,764 ratings score: 1,887, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Dominion by C.J. Sansom 3.87 avg rating — 14,103 ratings score: 1,859, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan 3.94 avg rating — 11,229 ratings score: 1,856, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Harvest by Jim Crace 3.58 avg rating — 9,515 ratings score: 1,746, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 3.75 avg rating — 85,439 ratings score: 1,710, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri 3.88 avg rating — 96,375 ratings score: 1,682, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 134,462 ratings score: 1,609, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee 3.48 avg rating — 7,385 ratings score: 1,470, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence 4.10 avg rating — 24,302 ratings score: 1,362, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín 3.65 avg rating — 18,565 ratings score: 1,228, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 54,130 ratings score: 1,190, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi 3.85 avg rating — 12,324 ratings score: 1,028, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Humans by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 157,481 ratings score: 986, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 39,240 ratings score: 964, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer 3.76 avg rating — 49,389 ratings score: 938, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Orkney by Amy Sackville (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 1,203 ratings score: 878, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 82,303 ratings score: 877, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1) by Sarah Dunant 3.70 avg rating — 11,644 ratings score: 865, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook 3.65 avg rating — 9,673 ratings score: 859, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Secret Knowledge by Andrew Crumey (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 754, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser 3.08 avg rating — 3,019 ratings score: 753, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	A Delicate Truth by John le Carré 3.83 avg rating — 13,473 ratings score: 751, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally 3.68 avg rating — 4,646 ratings score: 750, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Paris by Edward Rutherfurd (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 28,322 ratings score: 741, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Last Friends (Old Filth, #3) by Jane Gardam 3.87 avg rating — 5,183 ratings score: 676, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 3.75 avg rating — 23,337 ratings score: 651, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle 3.82 avg rating — 6,083 ratings score: 618, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 1,527 ratings score: 594, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood 3.59 avg rating — 985 ratings score: 588, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna 3.92 avg rating — 4,408 ratings score: 583, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud 3.31 avg rating — 33,641 ratings score: 579, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 9,074 ratings score: 573, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Unexploded by Alison MacLeod (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 895 ratings score: 509, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty 3.73 avg rating — 26,774 ratings score: 508, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness 3.53 avg rating — 8,564 ratings score: 482, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 32,061 ratings score: 456, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Guts (Jimmy Rabbitte, #2) by Roddy Doyle 3.77 avg rating — 2,652 ratings score: 450, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw 3.47 avg rating — 4,709 ratings score: 445, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 17,023 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Machine by James Smythe (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 819 ratings score: 384, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Perfect by Rachel Joyce 3.58 avg rating — 20,427 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 14,702 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 7,968 ratings score: 381, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	First Novel by Nicholas Royle 3.81 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Kills (The Kills, #1-4) by Richard House 3.11 avg rating — 654 ratings score: 367, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson 2.92 avg rating — 1,644 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Fields by Kevin Maher 3.42 avg rating — 868 ratings score: 363, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Meeting the English by Kate Clanchy (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 676 ratings score: 357, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Red or Dead by David Peace 3.77 avg rating — 1,396 ratings score: 315, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Memory of Lost Senses by Judith Kinghorn (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 590 ratings score: 306, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Exodus by Lars Iyer 4.06 avg rating — 205 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Solo by William Boyd 3.56 avg rating — 6,144 ratings score: 295, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	She Rises by Kate Worsley (Goodreads Author) 3.28 avg rating — 869 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Carnival by Rawi Hage 3.64 avg rating — 1,090 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 3.62 avg rating — 1,578 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Explorer: A Deep Space Murder Thriller of Isolation and Survival (The Anomaly Quartet, 1) by James Smythe (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 1,974 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3) by Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 57,444 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Fallen Land by Patrick Flanery 3.60 avg rating — 416 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Petite Mort by Beatrice Hitchman (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 576 ratings score: 281, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful by J. David Simons (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 408 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam 3.77 avg rating — 1,986 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley 3.53 avg rating — 3,147 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris 3.85 avg rating — 7,432 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Professor of Truth by James Robertson (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 570 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Cooking With Bones by Jess Richards 3.48 avg rating — 213 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Y by Marjorie Celona 3.61 avg rating — 3,412 ratings score: 214, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley (Goodreads Author) 3.15 avg rating — 2,854 ratings score: 200, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Human Script by Johnny Rich (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Adjacent by Christopher Priest 3.49 avg rating — 1,507 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Finches of Mars by Brian W. Aldiss 2.44 avg rating — 484 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Lion Heart by Justin Cartwright 3.26 avg rating — 293 ratings score: 197, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 4,458 ratings score: 195, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Skull and the Nightingale by Michael Irwin 2.87 avg rating — 422 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Sunshine Years by Afsaneh Knight 3.24 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The City of Devi by Manil Suri 3.28 avg rating — 1,054 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Constance by Patrick McGrath 3.07 avg rating — 713 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 3,537 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux 3.61 avg rating — 1,956 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Secrecy by Rupert Thomson 3.31 avg rating — 1,084 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	This Is the Way by Gavin Corbett 3.23 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen 3.53 avg rating — 175 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Trade Secret by Robert Newman 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Gamal by Ciarán Collins 3.71 avg rating — 481 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Shall We Gather at the River by Peter Murphy 3.03 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera 3.71 avg rating — 1,117 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Motherland by William Nicholson 3.55 avg rating — 660 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Mr Lynch's Holiday by Catherine O'Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 761 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Night Rainbow by Claire King (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 2,636 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Burnt Island by Alice Thompson (Contributor) 3.17 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Drowning of Arthur Braxton by Caroline Smailes 3.84 avg rating — 1,939 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The First Book Of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz 3.49 avg rating — 946 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	This House Is Haunted by John Boyne (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 16,450 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Engagement by Chloe Hooper 2.82 avg rating — 1,351 ratings score: 138, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Thom (new)

Jan 24, 2013 03:23PM

I am ashamed to say I have not read one blessed line....I will watch this list to see which rises to the top, who votes for what, and so on. Expect it will be very helpful for this slow reader.

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message 2: by Phillip (new)

Jan 24, 2013 03:44PM

Nothing to be ashamed of, Thom, most of them haven't been published yet. It's more of a handy guide to what's coming out this year - a kind of literary one-stop shopping list!

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message 3: by Thom (new)

Jan 24, 2013 05:10PM

Phillip wrote: "Nothing to be ashamed of, Thom, most of them haven't been published yet. It's more of a handy guide to what's coming out this year - a kind of literary one-stop shopping list!"

Typically, my wife buys all short-listed novels in trade soft-cover. Selectively, we read them aloud to each other, but we fall years behind.

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message 4: by Ben (new)

Jan 25, 2013 08:47AM

As always, Phillip, thank you for your dilligent work in putting these great lists together year after year!

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message 5: by Phillip (new)

Jan 25, 2013 07:09PM

Thanks Ben, it's my pleasure.

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message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 25, 2013 08:50PM

Should the untitled Margaret Atwood be on the list? I'm looking forward to it, and I think it's expected in 2014. Is it due out earlier than that?

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message 7: by Phillip (new)

Jan 26, 2013 06:07AM

Well, yes, unless the Bloomsbury website is being over-optimistic - they have Maddaddam scheduled for August: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/maddadda...

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message 8: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 26, 2013 10:03AM

Great!

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message 9: by Laff (new)

Feb 14, 2013 01:59AM

Thanks again Phillip for setting this up and I look forward to getting through as many as possible, but is Origins of Love by Kishwar Desai eligible? Wasn't it first published in 2012?

Laff

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message 10: by Phillip (new)

Feb 14, 2013 07:19AM

Hi Laff - yes, you're right, I must have been looking at the paperback publication date.

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message 11: by Ben (new)

Feb 14, 2013 08:36AM

What I don't understand.... how can books that are published as late as Sept 30th be eligible, when the longlist is announced on July 23rd, and the shortlist on Sept 10th?

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message 12: by Phillip (new)

Feb 14, 2013 12:24PM

Because the judges sometimes get proof copies well in advance of publication. The rules say that "Proofs of any book published after 1 April 2013 should be submitted to Four Colman Getty the moment they become available, followed up by finished copies. Final texts must be submitted by 1 July 2013. The Literary Director of the prize in consultation with the Chair of the Judges reserves the right to reject any substantially revised proof or finished copy received after that date."

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message 13: by Ben (new)

Feb 14, 2013 12:57PM

Ah! Makes sense! Thanks!

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message 14: by Laff (new)

Apr 10, 2013 01:08PM

Hi Phillip

Origins of Love by Kishwar Desai should have been removed but it's still on the list.

Laff

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message 15: by Phillip (last edited Apr 11, 2013 06:53PM) (new)

Apr 11, 2013 06:53PM

Hi Laff, I can't remove it because someone else has voted for it.
Hopefully someone who does have that power will deal with it next time they look at this page.

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message 16: by Laff (new)

Apr 12, 2013 11:11AM

Hi Phillip

Sorry! I thought you had set the list up.

Laff

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message 17: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 13, 2013 02:57PM

I'll take a shot at nabbing it.

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message 18: by Laff (new)

Apr 13, 2013 03:42PM

Susanna wrote: "I'll take a shot at nabbing it."
Did you get it?

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message 19: by Phillip (new)

Apr 13, 2013 04:01PM

Thanks Susanna!

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 13, 2013 04:10PM

Laff wrote: "Susanna wrote: "I'll take a shot at nabbing it."
Did you get it?"

Looks like it to me...

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message 21: by Laff (new)

Apr 14, 2013 03:40AM

Susanna wrote: "Laff wrote: "Susanna wrote: "I'll take a shot at nabbing it."
Did you get it?"

Looks like it to me..."

Thanks!

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message 22: by Phillip (new)

May 21, 2013 05:24PM

"I have never read so much historical fiction in my life" says Man Booker Judge Natalie Haynes. "We've been sent thrillers, love stories, family sagas, war novels, spy novels, detective novels and sequels" and "a lot of quirky child narrators..." http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...

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message 23: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 21, 2013 07:48PM

Nice article.

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message 24: by Antonomasia (last edited Jun 10, 2013 12:22PM) (new)

Jun 10, 2013 12:10PM

I've been curious about the potential effects of publisher mergers on the Booker.

The rules say: UK publishers may enter up to two full-length novels, with scheduled publication dates for print editions between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013. In addition, any title by an author who has previously been shortlisted for or won the Booker or Man Booker Prize may be submitted...

Each publisher may also submit, by 1 April 2013, a list of up to five further titles. These should each be accompanied by a justification for the submission of not more than 250 words written and signed by the author’s editor. The judges will be required to call in no fewer than eight and no more than 12 of these titles.

It sounds as though this means 2-7 nominations per publisher.
Does this mean that proportionally more works from smaller presses will be long- and short-listed as the big houses continue to merge?
And that authors published by the major publishers have less chance of nomination because they have to compete more in-house?

I haven't found any articles which comment on this.

Publishers don't usually seem to say which books they have nominated (do they?) but Patrick Flannery's Fallen Land has been described as "One of Atlantic's entries for the Man Booker Prize 2013". This was on a forum and the Guardian bookshop.

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message 25: by Phillip (last edited Jun 10, 2013 07:26PM) (new)

Jun 10, 2013 05:34PM

I think it does mean that authors whose publishers specialize in literary fiction are less likely to get entered. (Although publishers can ask for up to five more books to be considered, of which the judges are "required to call in no fewer than eight and no more than 12".)

Before it was closed down there was usually some debate every year on the official forum about which books Jonathan Cape might submit, for example. (There is an alternative forum now at mookseandgripes.myfreeforum.org by the way.)

Publishers don't usually reveal which books they enter, but there's nothing to stop them - other than upsetting the authors they haven't entered!

To be honest, I'm not always sure which publishers are merely 'imprints' of a larger publishing house, or whether those imprints can submit separately, so I don't know what effect any mergers may have.

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message 26: by Antonomasia (new)

Jun 11, 2013 05:07AM

Thanks. Didn't realise imprints may still get separate consideration.

I found that forum a couple of days ago via Google; it had the quotation about the Patrick Flanery book.

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message 27: by Antonomasia (last edited Jun 13, 2013 05:47PM) (new)

Jun 13, 2013 05:34PM

Removed: The Adoption by Anne Berry as it was first published in the UK in June 2012.
Spiritus Mundi Book I: The Novel &
Spiritus Mundi Book II The Romance by Robert Sheppard - an American author who has also lived in China, who was spamming.

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message 28: by Phillip (new)

Jun 13, 2013 06:33PM

Thanks Antonomasia.

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message 29: by Antonomasia (last edited Jun 25, 2013 10:40AM) (new)

Jun 25, 2013 10:21AM

There hardly seems to be any speculation chat on GR itself (yet). It's been years since I paid close attention to the Booker or read much recent fiction, but in the last few weeks I've been getting quite into it.
I've only finished 4 eligible books so far; the Mohsin Hamid was the best.

Anyone else?

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message 30: by Laff (new)

Jun 25, 2013 01:43PM

Forgive me, but what does 'GR' mean? I really loved The Spinning Heart and Transatlantic.

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message 31: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 25, 2013 02:25PM

GR=GoodReads.

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message 32: by Laff (new)

Jun 29, 2013 11:36AM

Thank you. Still relatively new to this......

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message 33: by Ktornbjerg (new)

Jul 08, 2013 03:08PM

I live in Denmark, so the books are still far away from publication here. Am heading to London in a few weeks though, so will surely bring back a healthy dose of books.

I have been trying to read up on some of the above titles, however, and so far, the only ones I am really sure will be on the longlist are Coetzee and Adichi. Coetzee has lots of Booker love, even if "The Childhood of Jesus" seems to confuse readers and critics alike. And Adichi's book seems to be gathering a lot of buzz. It doesn't hurt that she has been longlisted before either.

Kate Atkinson and Mohsin Hamid will probably be longlisted as well.

From there on I am rather undecided.

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message 34: by Sam (new)

Jul 18, 2013 06:28PM

My top twelve.....

AMERICANAH
HARVEST
BLOOD AND BEAUTY
THE BLIND MANS GARDEN
LIFE AFTER LIFE
GHANA MUST GO
TESTAMENT OF MARY
THE SPINNING HEART
HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIA
ALL THE BIRDS SINGING
QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL
TRANSATLANTIC

LEOPOLD

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message 35: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 18, 2013 08:27PM

Why not vote on the list? (If they're not on it, it's easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes.")

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message 36: by Alan (new)

Jul 22, 2013 04:26PM

Okay, no time to read anything else before the long-list is announced. I'll stick my neck out and say that Life After Life, How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia and Transatlantic all deserve a place on that list, and Coetzee will probably be there too although I loathed The Childhood of Jesus. Dark horses? Ghana Must Go or Orkney although the latter I didn't enjoy too much either.

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message 37: by Laff (new)

Jul 23, 2013 03:00AM

I agree with the three you have nominated but would love to see The Spinning Heart, Harvest and All the Birds Singing there as well.

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message 38: by Antonomasia (last edited Jul 23, 2013 04:47AM) (new)

Jul 23, 2013 04:12AM

The longlist is up: https://twitter.com/ManBookerPrize/st...

Can't say I'm terribly excited by this selection of books but hopefully a lot of people will enjoy it.
And The Spinning Heart is on, which a few of us on this thread will be pleased about.

ETA: I've added the listing to the awards section on all the book profiles - and added a couple of the books to GR as they weren't already on here (The Kills & The Marrying of Chaim Kaufman). You can see them all here: http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/1... if you scroll down past the 80s & 70s winners.

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message 39: by Phillip (new)

Jul 23, 2013 05:14AM

Thanks Antonomasia. I've added the five(!) that weren't already on the list, and now, sitting damply in this library miles from home, I will shunt them up onto page one. Then I'm not going to be online much thanks to the blue screen of death I get when I switch on my computer at home... :¬(

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message 40: by Antonomasia (last edited Jul 23, 2013 08:56AM) (new)

Jul 23, 2013 05:33AM

That gives plenty of time to read doorstops like The Kills & The Luminaries at least :/

ETA In case anyone's interested, book 1 of The Kills (which has 4 books) is currently available free in return for a tweet: http://www.panmacmillan.com/thekills/...

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message 41: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 23, 2013 09:44AM

That Twitter link isn't working for me. I don't know if this is because I don't tweet, or not.

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message 42: by Antonomasia (last edited Jul 23, 2013 10:16AM) (new)

Jul 23, 2013 09:48AM

I used an account I'd only tweeted once or twice from. Perhaps it's just valid in the UK.

Did you click the bit in the popup window that says "pay with a tweet"? It should then either ask you to log in to Twitter or show the link it will tweet if you're already signed in.

The longlist has been posted in a new list here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

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message 43: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jul 23, 2013 11:03AM) (new)

Jul 23, 2013 11:02AM

I don't tweet.

I don't use a cellphone, actually.

Thanks for the list link, though!

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message 44: by msleighm (last edited Aug 01, 2013 07:38AM) (new)

Aug 01, 2013 07:36AM

The link for the long list didn't work for me, so I'm reposting here for anyone who is interested...
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news...

after news should be /longlist-2013-announced
maybe it's just me.

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message 45: by Phillip (last edited Sep 10, 2013 08:02AM) (new)

Sep 10, 2013 07:56AM

The 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced:

NoViolet Bulawayo - We Need New Names
Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries
Jim Crace - Harvest
Jhumpa Lahiri - The Lowland
Ruth Ozeki - A Tale for the Time Being
Colm Tóibín - The Testament of Mary

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message 46: by Laff (new)

Sep 12, 2013 12:45PM

Not much of a discussion so far.......maybe that says it all. I've read two - Harvest was brilliant, WNWN was nowhere near good enough to reach the short list (or even the long list!)
I will read the rest and hope to be pleasantly surprised, but the omission of Spinning Heart or TransAtalantic is disappointing.

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message 47: by msleighm (new)

Sep 12, 2013 12:57PM

I'm really looking forward to reading TransAtlantic and The Luminaries. The Testament of Mary, is one of those books I just feel like I should read.

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message 48: by Laff (new)

Sep 14, 2013 11:11AM

That's exactly how I feel.

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message 49: by Anu (new)

Nov 12, 2013 10:47PM

A cup of hot tea and an arm chair. That's all I need, and that is, imperative as it is,is the most important three things in the world. Oops, did I mention, the book? ;)

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message 50: by Anu (new)

Nov 12, 2013 10:47PM

It is so hard to judge from these books. Very hard, indeed.

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