Phil Chaffee

Journalist and regular podcast contributor who reads extensively and discusses contemporary literature, bringing lively, opinionated commentary and book-club perspective.

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Oct 25, 2025 • 1h 4min

Beyond the Shortlist: The 2025 Booker Longlist titles worth your time • #181

Phil Chaffee, a passionate journalist and contemporary literature commentator, joins Elizabeth Eva Leach, a scholarly music tutor at Oxford who tackles around 200 books a year. They dive into this year's Booker longlist, highlighting overlooked gems that didn't make the shortlist. Conversations spark around titles like "Misinterpretation" focusing on trauma, the atmospheric "Seascraper", and the humor-inflected war narrative in "Endling". Their top picks include the moving "Love Forms" and the immersive "Seascraper", revealing literary treasures awaiting discovery.

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