The 13-book longlist for the £50,000 (about $78,054) Man Booker Prize, announced today, consists of:
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (U.S.)
The Green Road by Anne Enright (Ireland)
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (Jamaica)
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (U.S.)
Satin Island by Tom McCarthy (U.K.)
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria),
The Illuminations by Andrew O'Hagan (U.K.)
Lila by Marilynne Robinson (U.S.)
Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy (India)
The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota (U.K.)
The Chimes by Anna Smaill (New Zealand)
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler (U.S.)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (U.S.)
Chair of judges Michael Wood commented: "We had a great time choosing this list. Discussions weren't always peaceful, but they were always very friendly. We were lucky in our companions and the submissions were extraordinary. The longlist could have been twice as long, but we're more than happy with our final choice.... The range of different performances and forms of these novels is amazing. All of them do something exciting with the language they have chosen to use."
The Man Booker Prize shortlist will be unveiled September 15 and the winner will be announced on October 13.
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A shortlist has been announced for the fourth annual £1,000 (about $1,560) Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year (formerly the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year), which recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing and includes nationwide promotion by Waterstones. The winner will be named September 12. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Paths of the Dead by Lin Anderson
DM for Murder by Matt Bendoris
Dead Girl Walking by Chris Brookmyre
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
The Ghosts of Altona by Craig Russell
Death Is a Welcome Guest by Louise Welsh
