July 24, 2014
13 books longlisted for the Booker Prize not written by Donna Tartt
by Mark Krotov
1. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris
2. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan
3. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler
4. The Blazing World, by Siri Hustvedt
5. J, by Howard Jacobson
6. The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth
7. The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
8. The Lives of Others, Neel Mukherjee
9. Us, David Nicholls
10. The Dog, Joseph O’Neill
11. Orfeo, Richard Powers
12. How to be Both, Ali Smith
13. History of the Rain, Niall Williams
Mark Krotov is senior editor at Melville House.