So the Man Booker Prize is over for another year. You’ve read the winner, maybe you’ve read the whole shortlist, and now you’re wondering…what next?
We’ve pulled together some ideas for your next read. Let us know what you think – If you’ve read any of them, do click through and leave a quick review.
Winner:
Paul Beatty – The Sellout
If you enjoyed this biting satire on racial segregation in the small (non-existent) town of Dickens, then you might enjoy:
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Shortlisted:
Deborah Levy – Hot Milk
If you loved the evocative and rich descriptions of a tempestuous mother-daughter relationship in Spain, you might like to try:
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
- Transit by Rachel Cusk
Graeme Macrae Burnet – His Bloody Project
If you enjoyed the grisly Scottish crime novel based on true events, why not take a look at the following:
- The Convictions of John Delahunt by Andrew Hughes
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Ottessa Moshfegh – Eileen
If the pitiable and dysfunctional lead character, and the noir-esque style of this book drew you in, you might want to read these next:
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Twisted City by Jason Starr
- The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
David Szalay – All That Man Is
If these short stories about the flaws, desires and thwarted ambitions of men throughout the ages appealed to you, you might like these:
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Leaving Las Vegas by John O’Brien
- The Man Who Wouldn’t Get Up by David Lodge
Madeleine Thien – Do Not Say We Have Nothing
If you were entranced by this vivid and sometimes harrowing novel of music and life in Mao’s China, then you might be interested in:
- Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
- The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim
- The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
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