Readers and Reading discussion

the shortlist will be announced on September 8
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Longlist:

A S Byatt The Children's Book (Chatto)

J M Coetzee Summertime (Harvill Secker)

Adam Foulds The Quickening Maze (Jonathan Cape)

Sarah Hall How to Paint a Dead Man (Faber)

Samantha Harvey The Wilderness (Jonathan Cape)

James Lever Me Cheeta (Fourth Estate)

Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate)

Simon Mawer The Glass Room (Little, Brown)

Ed O'Loughlin Not Untrue & Not Unkind (Penguin - Ireland)

James Scudamore Heliopolis (Harvill Secker)

Colm Toibin Brooklyn (Viking)

William Trevor Love and Summer (Viking)

Sarah Waters The Little Stranger (Virago)

Hi JoAnn,

Thanks for posting the list! I am familiar with only two of them - The Wilderness, which I have out from the library - and Brooklyn, which I read earlier this summer. I rated it a 9/10, enjoying it very much. I have had difficulty finding the energy and time to read this summer, but I was willing to stay up a little late for this book. A young, sheltered Irish woman is sent by her mother and sister to live in Brooklyn. She gradually makes a new life for herself, but the pull of family brings some tough decisions.

Man Booker Prize for fiction shortlist - winner will be announced on October 2 in London

The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt
Summertime by J. M. Coetzee
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

I enjoyed reading the list. Thanks, JoAnn !

My DH just finished The Little Stranger and just raved about how good it was. He certainly had a couple late nights reading. :)

I have The Little Stranger ordered from my book club.