Man Booker Challenge
Well, I’ve been looking at some of the challenges floating around and I saw the Man Booker Challenge hosted by Dewey and thought, hey, this is one for me! Because, you see, we already have almost all the books in my list at home, and I never get around to reading them, so I thought a challenge may be the best thing to get me to actually reading them.
So here’s my list, subject to change:
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- Winner 2006
- The Accidental by Ali Smith
- Shortlisted 2005
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- Shortlisted 2005
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
- Longlisted 2005
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Longlisted 2003
- Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
- Shortlisted 1984
Alternates I should mention, because I’m curious about these:
- The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
- Longlisted 2007
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- Shortlisted 2004
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Shortlisted 1986
Full list of all the books that have won, or been shortlisted or longlisted for, the Booker prize can be found here. Consider the whole thing my alternate list. :P
dew:
I’m so glad you’ll be joining us! As I run into people’s lists, I’m finding more and more books that I already have at home but haven’t read yet. Maybe I should make an alternates list!
alisonwonderland:
i’ve read and really enjoyed The Curious Incident and The Handmaid’s Tale. i’m still deciding what books to put on my list for this challenge.