The longlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was revealed. It features three first-time novelists. Check out the full list of 13 finalists below.
Only six books will make it to the shortlist; it will be revealed on September 15. The winning book will be announced on October 13 during a black-tie dinner at London’s Guildhall. A £50,000 cash prize will be given to the winner.
2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST
- Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
- The Green Road by Anne Enright
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
- Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
- The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
- The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan
- Lila by Marilynne Robinson
- Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
- The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
- The Chimes by Anna Smaill
- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara