Booker Prize Long List 2020

Short list will be announced in September. If Hilary Mantel wins she will make history as a three time winner.  Nine of the long list are women and eight are American citizens. 

The full longlist is:

• Diane Cook, “The New Wilderness”
• Tsitsi Dangarembga, “This Mournable Body”
• Avni Doshi, “Burnt Sugar”
• Gabriel Krauze, “Who They Was”
• Hilary Mantel, “The Mirror and 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”