Man Booker Prize

[Ursula]

If you're looking for new authors to read, here are some suggestions:

• The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award, was announced Tuesday morning. Although the prize is limited to writers from the British Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland, the list skews international, and includes authors from Zimbabwe, New Zealand and Canada. The complete shortlist is:

by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Harvest by Jim Crace
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
by Ruth Ozeki
by Colm Tóibín

The Man Booker Prize is a perennial , with past selections criticized as either too popular or not readable enough. This year's list seems to strike a balance, avoiding big bestsellers while still choosing accessible novels. Two of the books, The Luminaries and The Lowland, haven't yet come out in the U.S. (though American audiences can read the of The Luminaries courtesy of Granta, and a long of The Lowland is available over at The New Yorker). The £50,000 prize (roughly equal to $78,000) will be announced Oct. 15.

[Joanne]

All the titles did not get on this post.  The Last 2 and the title for NoViolet's book.

[Ursula]

Thanks for catching that slip!!  The last 2 books are

A Tale For The Time Being  by Ruth Ozeki

The Testament of Mary by Colin Toibin