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The longlist was announced on 23 July and the shortlist on 10 September. The winner will be was announced on 15 October.
'''WINNER''' {{topten|author=Eleanor Catton|title=The Luminaries|rating=5|genre=Literary Fiction|summary= Eleanor Catton's ''The Luminaries'' is set in the New Zealand gold rush of the late 1860s. It's a story about greed, power, gold, dreams, opium, secrets, betrayal and identity, but most of all, it's a celebration of the art of story telling, both in terms of Catton's book and the stories her characters have to tell. It's the kind of book that is perfect escapism and which wraps you up in its world. If you like big, chunky books that you can get lost in for hours, then this is one for you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847084311</amazonuk>}} '''OTHER BOOKS ON THE SHORTLIST'''
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|summary=This powerful narrative bears witness to the experience of economic migrants. Not just black Africans coming from Zimbabwe, like NoViolet Bulawayo, but more generally, those several generations of hardy, resourceful immigrants driven to the USA in search of a better future. Such people leave behind less courageous family members, but not their emotions towards those they have loved or their nation of birth.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701188030</amazonuk>
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