shortlisted for the booker prize as it is solomon rushdie. would. who else made that short list well one of their author to watch on this your shortlist is 33 year old nigerian author she cozy obi. with his novel an orchestra of minorities now that's a great title he is not yet a household name but maybe he will be soon he's already been hailed as the heir to nigeria's late literary doyin chinua achebe there's also berna dean every step she's on the list with her novel girl woman other about the overlapping lives of several black british women who couldn't be more different and then there's lucy elements novel ducks newburyport a 1000 page long breathless rants by an american housewife while the title of the main character about how the us has gone insane oh. yeah that bald faced with no punctuation just as they all do of course is going to keep people busy reading you've also been very busy as well because you know helping launch a great new exciting project called d.w. books tell us about books is a new you tube channel for everyone who likes book