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I finished my International Booker Prize longlist reading for now. I've read all I wanted to, and two books I'd still like to read aren't published yet and thus will have to wait. It's the first time I've ever felt so dedicated to a book list for a prize and that I've read so many of them. For now, here's my own personal judging:

I consider it a serious crime if it doesn't get onto the shortlist:

- The Book of Disappearance
- Reservoir Bitches
- There's a Monster Behind the Door
- Hunchback

I'll be sad if it doesn't make the shortlist, but I'll come to terms with it because there are just too many good books to all be able to make it:

- Under the Eye of the Big Bird
- On the Calculation of Volume I
- A Leopard-Skin Hat
- On a Woman's Madness

No thanks, I'd rather not see it on the shortlist, because I don't condone medal theft:

- Perfection
- Eurotrash
- Solenoid

I can't say a thing about this because it's not out yet by the time the shortlist gets announced:

- Heart Lamp (releases 8 April)
- Small Boat (releases 23 April)

Okay, yeah, I'm being a bit tongue in cheek about it. I wish every book and author the best while waiting for the shortlist and the winner to be announced.

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