The Man Booker Prize is awarded to a fiction piece deemed the best novel of the year. It is described as “the leading literary award in the English speaking world” and launches careers for many authors. The list below shares the longlist of nominees revealed for 2018 (the shortlist will be published in September). The winner will be determined in November, but you can still read all of them and determine for yourself which one is the best! And the nominees are (on order, so prepare to place a hold)…
- Snap by Belinda Bauer
- Milkman by Anna Burns (Will be released in December)
- Sabrina by Nick Drnaso (A graphic novel!)
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Will be released in September)
- In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunarante (Unavailable in the U.S.)
- Everything Under by Daisy Johnson (Release in 2019)
- The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
- The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (Release in 2019)
- Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
- The Overstory by Richard Powers
- The Long Take by Robin Robertson (Unavailable in the U.S.)
- Normal People by Sally Rooney (Release in 2019)
- From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan