ToB2025_LongList

Tournament | Matthew Reilly

I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6

#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList

Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!

Ruthiella Love it! 😁 1mo

squirrelbrain So exciting! (I think I‘m 27 now for Intermezzo but I‘ve been on the list for quite a few weeks already!) 1mo

BarbaraBB It‘s all so exciting that I have hardly been reading 🤣 1mo

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BkClubCare @BarbaraBB 😆 1mo

Hooked_on_books I just did my initial rapid scroll through the list and I love that there‘s always a number of things on there I‘ve never even heard of. I‘ve read 27 already but I‘ll be honest, there are books on there I do not want to read! 1mo

Readerann @Hooked_on_books 27!!! 👏👏👏 I‘m with @BarbaraBB. It‘s so much fun reading all the ToB “stuff”, I can‘t seem to get to the books. 😁 1mo

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squirrelbrain

Tournament | David Crouch

Taking my cue from @BarbaraBB these are the ToB longlisted books that I‘ve read, in some kind of order of favourites first.

I also bailed on Glorious Exploits and hibernated Intermezzo as it wasn‘t working on audio. I‘m not going to buy it and I‘m currently on a VERY long waiting list at the library so not sure when I‘ll get to finish it.

Next I‘ll post the books that I want to read…

Sorry if I‘ve forgotten to tag anyone!

BkClubCare, Flaneurette, Megabooks, Suet624, Bookwormjillk, Chelsea.Poole

BkClubCare I am using #ToB2025_LongList but as I type that I wonder if I have the right year… ugh. Will fix if not right? (Maybe just #ToB_LongList or even w/o the hard to find underscore space 🙄 #ToBLongList ?) Tagging is always a challenge 🏷️ 1mo

squirrelbrain @BkClubCare - they definitely call it 2025 so you‘re OK there! But #ToBlonglist is just fine I think - the shorter the better! 1mo

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - forgot to tag you - sorry! 😔 1mo

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sarahbarnes Thank you! I‘m interested in a few on your finished list that I‘m in line at the library for, too. 😊 1mo

Megabooks Man, I looked yesterday, and it wasn‘t there! I‘ll have to look through it today. Great graphic, Helen! 1mo

Megabooks Can you drop the link here? I can‘t find it. 1mo

BkClubCare @Megabooks https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - yep, adding to my posts… 😊 1mo

Megabooks @BkClubCare Thank you! I eventually got on my laptop and found it. 1mo

Ruthiella I am most interested in your number one

The Safekeep

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BkClubCare

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

So the other day, I was anticipating The Repeat Room would be on the long list and so I used 1 credit and then I found out it‘s not on the list so I was able to return it. Yay! (I find Jesse Ball a little bit perplexing.)
#ToB2025_LongList #Audiobook

sarahbarnes I agree with you on Jesse Ball. 1mo

squirrelbrain Great when you can send them back…they wouldn‘t let me with the last one I tried with - must have returned too many. 😬 (edited) 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - Yes, I was relieved. It has been a long time since I have attempted to return one. Is it so many per year? 🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 1mo

BkClubCare @sarahbarnes 👍 1mo

squirrelbrain I‘m not sure - I rarely return but had sent a couple back recently. The one I tried but failed was Glorious Exploits - I just couldn‘t get on with it. I might try again as I‘m a completist so I suppose that‘s a positive of not being able to return it. 🤣 1mo

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The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft

It made it! And so did Wild Horses! And Poor Deer! And many I don‘t recognize but many I do. Link in comments - I wouldn‘t have found it if weren‘t for the gr group site… #ToB2025_LongList #toblonglist

BkClubCare https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella @sarahbarnes 1mo

BkClubCare I‘ve read 7. 😐 1mo

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sarahbarnes Woohoo! So excited this is out. I did an initial scroll and there are definitely some I haven‘t heard of. 1mo

Deblovestoread Yay! Ive read 8 and DNF‘d 1. A few on my shelves and some I‘ve never heard of. 1mo

Ruthiella Yahoo! I‘ve read five. Nice that Claire did make it this year! 😃

Poor Deer: A Novel

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Bookwormjillk Nice! Just in time for the weekend! I‘ve only read 3 and never heard of most. The thing I love about this event is that I spend the entire year reading and following the book world and then there‘s this list of dozens of books not on my radar at all. (edited) 1mo

squirrelbrain Like you @sarahbarnes I‘ve just done an initial scroll and there a fair few I haven‘t heard of. I shall be making a spreadsheet shortly…. 🤪 1mo

BarbaraBB Thanks! I didn‘t find it either. I read 17 and have another 10 on my shelves, so lots to read! Super excited about another ToB! 1mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 😂🩷 1mo

willaful I've read only two and both of them I heard about on Litsy. 😁 And I think the ones on my TBR are also from Litsy! 1mo

BkClubCare Yay! So fun to wake up to this response 😆 Looking for my next audiobook NOW. . . . Going with The Wedding People (edited) 1mo

Liz_M @Suet624 1mo

Suet624 @Liz_M thank you! I can‘t believe it‘s so hard to find the information. And despite giving them money every year I always feel like I‘m the last to know. 😂 1mo

BkClubCare @Liz_M @Suet624 - sorry I missed tagging 🏷️ you! And many Litsians. I was a bit manic when I found it 🤪 (edited) 1mo

BkClubCare @Suet624 - i‘ve been sustaining Member for years and I still never get the discount applied when I buy ToB merch 🙄 1mo

Suet624 @BkClubCare I keep trying to remember it‘s just a couple of guys running it so I don‘t get annoyed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Larkken Thanks for posting the link! It wasn‘t coming up in my google search 🔍👀 1mo

BkClubCare @Larkken - yay! Glad you saw my post. (I have been searching the various hashtag options; and I got the scoop!? 😆) 1mo

BkClubCare @Suet624 - yes, and they really are helpful when you reach out. I heard that they are more active on Discord but who can remember all these options… 1mo

sarahbarnes Extinction is definitely one I want to read on the list ASAP. 1mo

BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - it‘s. . . unsettling, methinks 1mo

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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky

Starting this now. Hoping it will be on the #ToB2025_LongList

sarahbarnes Stacking! 2mo

BarbaraBB Me too! Can‘t wait for that longlist! 2mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes - any books you recommend might be LL‘d? I want to be ahead of it, which -of course- is foolish to think I could ever 😂 2mo

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BarbaraBB I think Annie Bot or Beautyland are possible contenders. I liked the first one, was underwhelmed by the second. But I am really not good in this guessing. You should ask @squirrelbrain 😀 2mo

squirrelbrain I‘m not good at guessing the ToB books either - there‘s always so many (good) surprises! I think it‘s because it‘s a US-focused list. @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I can‘t wait for the list, to start the search for where I can get them from. Poor Deer is quite difficult to get hold of here but I do think it has a high chance of being on the list…. 🙄 (edited) 2mo

squirrelbrain Others that I‘ve reserved in anticipation include: Irena Rey, I Cheerfully Refuse, Lesser Ruins, Blue Ruin, Sipsworth, Fruit of the Dead. I‘ve recently read Behind You Is The Sea and I‘m listening to Our London Lives, which could be possibles. 2mo

BarbaraBB Thank you @squirrelbrain this is super inspiring! 2mo

BarbaraBB So many potential TOB-books on this list: https://themillions.com/2024/07/most-anticipated-the-great-summer-2024-preview.h... 2mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - OH! I am super excited to see Sipsworth! SO interesting (and happy) that this book is so well loved. I have met the author - his books are quite good. 2mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB TY - I love a good list. 2mo

squirrelbrain That‘s a great list! @BarbaraBB This one is on there and I‘ve seen a LOT of hype about it so it could be on ToB. (Another one I can‘t get, of course)

Rejection: Fiction

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BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I‘ve read that one. It‘s a short story collection and although some are great, it didn‘t live up@to the hype imo 2mo

sarahbarnes Thanks for all the tips @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB! I do know TOB tends to be pretty US-focused. I‘m hoping for a better shortlist this year!! The long list is always such a treasure hunt though. 📚 2mo

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes The longlist is a yearly highlight for me 😀! And I almost forgot but indeed, last year‘s shortlist was a bummer! 2mo

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