The Man Booker longlist, announced this morning, consists of 13 titles vying for the £50,000 (about $65,682 USD) Man Booker Prize. The list will be winnowed even further on September 13th, when the shortlist is revealed. The winner will be announced on October 25th.
The long-list contenders are:
- The Sellout by Paul Beatty (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 2015)
- Currently listing on Abebooks for $38-$50 USD unsigned; $120-$420 USD signed.
- Winner of The National Book Critics Circle award
- The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee (Harvill Secker, October 25, 2016)
- No listings on Abebooks
- No copies available via Amazon (out of stock)
- Out of Stock at Powell's
- Serious Sweet by A.L. Kennedy (Jonathan Cape, London, 2016)
- Currently listing for $30 on Abebooks
- Hot Milk by Deborah Levy (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)
- Currently listing on Abebooks for $60 USD signed.
- His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Saraband, 2015)
- Currently listing for $30 USD on Abebooks.
- The North Water by Ian McGuire (Scribner, UK, 2016)
- Listing for up to $95 USD signed.
- Also available in limited, signed edition from Simon & Shuster. Listing between $200 - $500 USD.
- US edition published by Henry Holt, 2016, listing for up to $50 USD.
- Hystopia by David Means (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016)
- Currently listing for $45 USD unsigned; $120 USD signed.
- The Many by Wyl Menmuir (Salt Publishing Jun 2016, 2016)
- Currently listing for $15 unsigned. (No other listings found)
- Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin, 2015)
- Currently listing for $300 USD signed. (No other listings found)
- Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (Scribner, 2016)
- Currently listing for up to $40 USD unsigned.
- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (Random House, New York, New York, 2016)
- Currently listing for up to $85 USD unsigned; $110 USD signed.
- All That Man Is by David Szalay (Graywolf Press, 2016 / Jonathan Cape, London, 2016 / Random House, 2016)
- Currently listing for $20 USD unsigned.
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien (Knopf Canada)
- Currently listing for $35 USD unsigned.
Bolded titles indicate higher collectibility potential.