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Tommy Orange Is the First Native American Author to Be Booker Prize Longlisted
Wandering Stars joins 12 other books on the list, including three debut novels.
Along with the multigenerational saga Wandering Stars, by Cheyenne and Arapaho writer Tommy Orange, the Booker longlist this year includes its first novel by a Dutch author: Yael van der Wouden’s debut The Safekeep, an unnerving story set in the Netherlands after World War II. Six American authors were nominated, including Percival Everett for James, a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, and Rita Bullwinkel for her first book, Headshot, a bracing, bruising novel about a girls’ boxing tournament in Reno, Nevada. The Booker Prize 2024 Longlist Wild Houses, by Colin Barrett Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel James, by Percival Everett Orbital, by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner My Friends, by Hisham Matar This Strange Eventful History, by Claire Messud Held, by Anne Michaels Wandering Stars, by Tommy Orange Enlightenment, by Sarah Perry Playground, by Richard Powers The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood
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