2020 Booker Prize Longlist

This year’s Booker Prize for Fiction longlist of 13 books was announced earlier this week! The Booker Prize for Fiction is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

The 2020 contenders are:

Diane Cook - The New Wilderness 

Tsitsi Dangarembga - This Mournable Body

Avni Doshi - Burnt Sugar 

Gabriel Krauze - Who They Was 

Hilary Mantel - The Mirror & The Light

Colum McCann - Apeirogon 

Maaza Mengiste - The Shadow King 

Kiley Reid - Such a Fun Age 

Brandon Taylor - Real Life

Anne Tyler - Redhead by The Side of The Road 

Douglas Stuart - Shuggie Bain 

Sophie Ward - Love and Other Thought Experiments

C Pam Zhang - How Much of These Hills is Gold

The shortlist of six books will be announced on Tuesday 15 September. The 2020 winner will be announced in November. 

You can find more information about each book in the list below. Unfortunately, Burnt Sugar by Anvi Doshi, Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward, and Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze are not yet distributed in the United States


 

The New Wilderness By Diane Cook Cover Image
$27.99
Not Available
ISBN: 9780062333131
Published: Harper - August 11th, 2020

This Mournable Body: A Novel (Nervous Conditions Series) By Tsitsi Dangarembga Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978129
Availability: On hand at one or more locations, see product page for details
Published: Graywolf Press - August 7th, 2018

The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy #3) By Hilary Mantel, John Sterling (Editor) Cover Image
$30.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9780805096606
Published: Henry Holt and Co. - March 10th, 2020

Apeirogon: A Novel By Colum McCann Cover Image
$28.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9781400069606
Published: Random House - February 25th, 2020

The Shadow King: A Novel By Maaza Mengiste Cover Image
$26.95
Not Available
ISBN: 9780393083569
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 24th, 2019

Such a Fun Age: Reese's Book Club (A Novel) By Kiley Reid Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541905
Availability: On hand at one or more locations, see product page for details
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 31st, 2019

Real Life: A Novel By Brandon Taylor Cover Image
$26.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9780525538882
Published: Riverhead Books - February 18th, 2020

Redhead by the Side of the Road: A novel By Anne Tyler Cover Image
$26.95
Not Available
ISBN: 9780525658412
Published: Knopf - April 7th, 2020

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) By Douglas Stuart Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802148049
Availability: Not In Stock - Usually ships in 3-5 Days
Published: Grove Press - February 11th, 2020

How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel By C Pam Zhang Cover Image
$26.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9780525537205
Published: Riverhead Books - April 7th, 2020