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THE HIT LIST

Karen Joy Fowler: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Joshua Ferris: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour 

Richard Flanagan: The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Siri Hustvedt: The Blazing World

Paul Kingsnorth: The Wake

Neel Mukherjee: The Lives of Others

Richard Powers: Orfeo

Niall Williams: History of the Rain 

31st July: Joseph O'Neill: The Dog

14th August: Howard Jacobson: J 

1st week in September: David Mitchell: The Bone Clocks 

4th September: Ali Smith: How to Be Both

30th September: David Nicholls: Us

There has been a great deal of press about how several books on the Man Booker Prize 2014 list have not yet been published.
Yes, this may seem a  slight snag in the attempt to read all books by the deadline, but this only means that we need to allow time to read them when they do come out, and there is nothing stopping us from getting cracking with the eight other books which are already gracing the shelves.

I am beginning with at the top of this list, starting with the modest read of "We Are Completely Beside Ourselves". For slender books, like this one, I'm aiming to finish it before the 9 day bracket which will give me more time to read those of a longer nature without feeling like I'm cramming before an exam. Each book should be given the grace and appreciation, and indulgent pleasure that go hand in hand with reading. This is purely for enjoyment.

Take the chart below and roll with it in whichever direction takes your fancy. Once finished with a book, make a comment and we can get swapping copies to save money, to save time running around bookshops and knocking down libraries and to meet, converse and cheers bookends with others.