2025 National Book Award Fiction Longlist Reaction
I look through the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction longlist and discuss what books I'm eager to read. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links. -------------------- Join my bookclub: / thelonesomereaderbookclub My full review of Flashlight by Susan Choi: • Flashlight by Susan Choi / review The long listed books: Rabih Alameddine - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978147... Susan Choi - Flashlight https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Angela Flournoy - The Wilderness Jonas Hassen Khemiri - The Sisters Megha Majumdar - A Guardian and a Thief https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139... Kevin Moffett - Only Son Karen Russell - The Antidote https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178... Ethan Rutherford - North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978164... Bryan Washington - Palaver Joy Williams - The Pelican Child https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978180... Other books mentioned Fox by Joyce Carol Oates: • Fox by Joyce Carol Oates / review Buckeye by Patrick Ryan: • Buckeye by Patrick Ryan / review Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:32 Translated literature longlist 1:49 Books I wish were longlisted 2:32 Fiction longlist overview 3:39 Flashlight 5:33 Only Son 6:26 The True True Story of Raja the Gullible and his Mother 7:48 Palaver 9:29 The Pelican Child 10:34 A Guardian and a Thief 11:54 The Antidote 12:42 North Sun 13:55 The Wilderness 14:55 The Sisters 15:41 Conclusion -------------------- Get in touch Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com/ Twitter: / lonesomereader Instagram: / lonesomereader Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t LetterBoxd: https://letterboxd.com/lonesomereader/ TikTok: / lonesomereader Email: [email protected]

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