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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonTransAtlantic by Colum McCannThe Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 268 voters
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan EngThe Lighthouse by Alison MooreSwimming Home by Deborah Levy
2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist
12 books — 177 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteRoom by Emma DonoghueLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
52 Book Club 2024: #17 Nominated For The Booker Prize
158 books — 111 voters
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellHow to Be Both by Ali SmithThe Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
2014 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 102 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelWolf in White Van by John DarnielleSome Luck by Jane SmileyCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
2014 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 75 voters
The Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo MartinezThis Is How You Lose Her by Junot DíazThe Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
National Book Award Finalists - 2012
21 books — 49 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangA Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan PamukMan Tiger by Eka KurniawanA Whole Life by Robert SeethalerThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Man Booker International Prize 2016 Longlist
13 books — 30 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleNW by Zadie Smith
2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
20 books — 29 voters

Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwanThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelDominion by C.J. SansomThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
Impac Dublin Award 2014 Long List
30 books — 28 voters
News of the World by Paulette JilesWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiWhat Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
2016 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 24 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes GowarThe Idiot by Elif Batuman
Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2018
16 books — 23 voters
The Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutThe Artist by Lucy Steeds
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Longlist
16 books — 18 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawInterior Chinatown by Charles YuMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland
2020 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 16 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganRoom by Emma DonoghueGreat House by Nicole KraussThe Tiger's Wife by Téa ObrehtAnnabel by Kathleen Winter
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2011
20 books — 10 voters

Apple and Rain by Sarah CrossanTinder by Sally GardnerCuckoo Song by Frances HardingeThe Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughreanMore Than This by Patrick Ness
Carnegie Medal Longlist 2015
20 books — 10 voters
Songs for the Cold of Heart by Éric DupontAn Ocean of Minutes by Thea LimSplit Tooth by Tanya TagaqOur Homesick Songs by Emma HooperWashington Black by Esi Edugyan
2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 10 voters

Fifteen Dogs by André AlexisDaydreams of Angels by Heather O'NeillUndermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWittOutline by Rachel CuskThe Winter Family by Clifford Jackman
2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 8 voters
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae BurnetThe Sellout by Paul BeattyThe North Water by Ian McGuireMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutHot Milk by Deborah Levy
2016 Man Booker Dozen
13 books — 8 voters

Son of a Trickster by Eden RobinsonThe Last Summer by Andrée A. MichaudNext Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh PetersonBellevue Square by Michael RedhillBrother by David Chariandy
2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 7 voters
The Antidote by Karen RussellOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El AkkadThings in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun LiHunchback by Saou IchikawaPerfection by Vincenzo Latronico
2025 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 6 voters

People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd ParryA Train in Winter by Caroline MooreheadArguably by Christopher HitchensBloody Sunday by Douglas MurrayThe Opium War by Julia Lovell
The Orwell Prize Long lists 2012
17 books — 5 voters
Hool by Philipp WinklerDie Verteidigung des Paradieses by Thomas von SteinaeckerDas Pfingstwunder by Sibylle LewitscharoffWeshalb die Herren Seesterne tragen by Anna WeidenholzerAm Rand by Hans Platzgumer
Deutscher Buchpreis 2016 - Longlist
20 books — 5 voters

Cool Water by Dianne WarrenAnnabel by Kathleen WinterThe Matter With Morris by David BergenPlayer One by Douglas CouplandCities of Refuge by Michael Helm
2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
13 books — 3 voters
Miss Burma by Charmaine CraigWhen I Hit You by Meena KandasamySing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes GowarH(a)ppy by Nicola Barker
Women's Prize Longlist 2018
16 books — 3 voters

D-Day Dog by Tom PalmerAll The Things We Never Said by Yasmin RahmanThe Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Smith-BartonChinglish by Sue CheungThat Asian Kid by Savita Kalhan
Bristol Teen Book Award (LONGLIST) 2020
13 books — 2 voters
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne ApplebaumParallel Lines by Edward St AubynDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePrecipice by Robert HarrisThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
The Orwell Prizes 2025 - The Finalists
16 books — 2 voters

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Jessie ColeFloundering by Romy AshThe Burial by Courtney CollinsToyo by Lily ChanFinding Jasper by Lynne Leonhardt
Dobbie Literary Award Longlist 2013
6 books — 1 voter
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Incident Report by Martha BaillieThe Disappeared by Kim EchlinThe Heart Specialist by Claire Holden RothmanThe Colour Of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 1 voter

The Lost Highway by David Adams RichardsThe Retreat by David BergenThrough Black Spruce by Joseph BoydenMore by Austin ClarkeBarnacle Love by Anthony De Sa
2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
15 books — 1 voter
Soucouyant by David ChariandyZero Gravity by Sharon EnglishLate Nights on Air by Elizabeth HayThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillStormy Weather by Paulette Jiles
2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
14 books — 1 voter

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