The Booker Prize (August 1, 2023) – The longlist has been announced! It features work from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognized by the Booker Prize for the first time.

The Longlist

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

Pearl by Siân Hughes

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry

A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀