Man Booker 2018 Shortlist Revealed!

This year's Man Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed, so now is the perfect time to go online and order six books to read between now and the end of Remedy.  Why not go to TheBookPeople's website where you can buy all 6 books for £40?

This year's list is supposed to reflect the 'dark times' that we live in, so prepare yourself for some powerful and thought-provoking reads.

One of the judges has described every single book as a 'miracle of stylistic invention', so there's no excuse not to read every single one of them.

Will any of these be as good as last year's winner, Lincoln in the Bardo?  Have a look at the blurbs below to see if any of them take your fancy, or visit the Man Booker Website to find out more.

Everything Under (Daisy Johnson)

At 27, Johnson is the youngest ever shortlisted author.  She writes about a troubled mother-daughter relationship and reimagines Greek mythology in the modern world.

The Mars Room (Rachel Kushner)

Romy Hall is facing two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility.  The future is looking bleak until news from outside brings a new urgency to her existence, challenging her to escape her own destiny.

The Overstory (Richard Powers)

A novel told in 'concentric rings of interlocking fable' about trees.  It ranges from antebellum New York to the late 20th Century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest.

Milkman (Anna Burns)

The protagonist of the novel lives in a world where to be interesting is dangerous.  She does her best to hide the details of her life from her mother, and hides an encounter with the Milkman from everyone.  Until her first brother-in-law finds out and things get interesting, and dangerous.

Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)

Escape is only the beginning.  From the brutal cane plantations of Barbados to the icy wastes of the Canadian Arctic, from the mud-filled streets of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black is the tale of a world destroyed and the search to make it whole again.

The Long Take (Robin Robertson)

A D-Day veteran has PTSD.  Unable to return home to rural Nova Scotia, he seeks refuge in the city.  Ranging from New York to LA to San Francisco, the novel explores 'the crucial period of fracture of in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish'.