Explore this year's Booker Prize shortlist on the latest episode of the Book Club Review! Hosts Kate and Laura and contributors Phil Chaffee and Martin Vovk discuss and debate the six shortlisted novels.
Listen in to hear our predictions, and then find out our reaction to the winner as we listen in to the live Booker Prize ceremony. We won't spoil the plots for you, just whet your appetite to read some or all of the books, all of which make for brilliant discussion.
Booklist
Paddy Clark, Ha, H, Ha by Roddy Doyle
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Flesh by David Szalay
All That Man Is by David Szalay
Starling House by Alex E. Harrow
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markowitz
Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles
You Don't Have To Live Like This by Benjamin Markowitz
Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
All Fours by Miranda July
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
Booker Longlist episode
Episode 181 of The Book Club Review
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