It's that time of year again! Sarah K welcomes back Kieran from KDBooks to talk all things Booker. They share their thoughts on each of the shortlisted Booker books, and discuss their thoughts on the winner. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Booker shortlist
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Other books mentioned
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Disgrace by JM Coetzee
Milkman by Anna Burns
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Drive Your Plows Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
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