The Shortlist was announced today for the 2022 Booker Prize. The thirteen titles on the Longlist have been whittled down to six:
- NoViolet Bulawayo - Glory (Zimbabwe)
- Percival Everett - The Trees (USA)
- Alan Garner - Treacle Walker (UK)
- Shehan Karunatilaka - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Sri Lanka)
- Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These (Irish)
- Elizabeth Strout - Oh William! (USA)
This is an interesting shortlist without an obvious front runner. I haven't read any of these books yet (as always, whenever I read a longlisted title it is guaranteed not to make the shortlist - sorry Graeme Macrae Burnet!). But I really want to read the titles by Claire Keegan, NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett and have heard good things about the novel by Shehan Karunatilaka.
A video of the shortlist announcement is available below.
The Winner of the Booker Prize, and recipient of £50,000, will be revealed on 17 October. Better get reading!