The Booker Prize longlist was announced on Tuesday, and we think it is the perfect place to start to get some ideas for summer reading! From the upcoming novel by Margaret Atwood to the latest Salman Rushdie, the longlist is an assortment of comedy and tragedy, and will definitely keep you hooked. Do any of them take your fancy? See which novels made the cut here...
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Although the much-anticipated follow-up from The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, has yet to be published, clearly the Booker Prize judges got their hands on an early copy, and it looks like it'll most certainly will be worth the wait. Out in September, the new novel takes place 15 years after the events of the first novel, and looks at three women living in Gilead.
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Speaking about the novel, Margaret Atwood said: "Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in."