Giving my reaction to the 13 books on this year’s Man Booker International Prize longlist looking at the list as a whole, ones I’ve read and the novels I’m most keen to read next. What are you curious to read from the list or rooting for the most? Click ‘Show More’ for info.

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Shortlist announced April 9th
Winner announced May 21st

My reviews:
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
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Shawn’s review of Celestial Bodies:
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The longlist:

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Oman), translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth
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Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue (China), translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen
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The Years by Annie Ernaux (France), translated by Alison Strayer
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At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong (South Korea), translated by Sora Kim-Russell
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Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf (Iceland and Palestine), translated from Arabic by Jonathan Wright
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Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli (France), translated from French by Sam Taylor
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The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann (Germany), translated by Jen Calleja
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Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin (Argentina and Italy), translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell
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The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg (Sweden), translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland), translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), translated from Spanish by Anne McLean
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The Death of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa (Netherlands), translated by Sam Garrett
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The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán (Chile and Italy), translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes
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