2012 Man Booker Prize Longlist

A superb source of reading suggestions for fiction fans - The Man Booker Prize.

The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 after launching in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.To maintain the consistent excellence of the Man Booker Prize, judges are chosen from a wide range of disciplines, including critics, writers and academics, but also poets, politicians and actors, all with a passion for quality fiction.

Here for your reading consideration  is the 2012 longlist:

The Teleportation Accident (M)

by Ned Beauman

Philida (M)

by Andre Brink

The Garden of Evening Mists (M)

by Tan Twan Eng

Skios (M)

by Michael Frayn

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (M)

by Rachel Joyce

Bring Up the Bodies (M)

by Hilary Mantel

Umbrella (M)

by Will Self

Narcopolis (M)

by Jeet Thayil

Communion Town (M)

by Sam Thompson

Not yet available in Canada:

The Lighthouse

by Alison Moore

Swimming Home

by Deborah Levy

The Yips

by Nicola Barker