“A bold enough debut” – The Crystal Vase by Astrid Goldsmith
“A good introduction” – Saint Petersburg by Sinclair McKay
“A worthwhile read” – The Wardrobe Department by Elaine Garvey
“What you observe depends on where you’re sitting” – Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips
“A thought-provoking novel” – Blank Canvas by Grace Murray
‘Nobel Prize winning carrots’ – The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
“An enormous act of defiance” – Oromay by Baalu Girma (trans. by David DeGusta / Mesfin Felleke Yirgu)
“Thumb’s up from us” – The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits #bookerlonglist2025
“Something of a delight” – The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
“The proverbial doozy” – King Sorrow by Joe Hill
“A slow burning historical epic” – Flashlight by Susan Choi #bookerprize2025
“Closure isn’t here” – Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle
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“Smart, thoroughly enjoyable” – The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
“Enough almost vintage Rushdie here” – The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
“We’re hooked!” – On The Calculation of Volume II & III by Solvej Balle (trans. Barbara J. Haveland)
“Rather weird and often surreal” – The Pelican Child by Joy Williams
“Full of surprises” – The Wolf of Whindale by Jacob Kerr
“To The Lighthouse crossed with Shirley Jackson” – A State of Siege by Janet Frame
“Faultless” – So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
“An essential read for Atwood fans” – Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
“Delivered like rumour” – Pulse by Cynan Jones
“A slow and thoughtful book” – The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi
“Sing Backwards and Weep this isn’t” – Rumours of My Demise by Evan Dando
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