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The Booker Prize 2023 longlist in numbers

10

Authors longlisted for the Booker Prize for the first time

163

Books read by the judges before selecting their longlist

4

Irish writers longlisted, more than any other year

656

Number of pages in the longest book on the list

7

Previous Booker nominations between the writers on the longlist

4

Debut novels on the longlist

32

Years between the oldest and youngest authors on the longlist
 

7

Countries represented by the longlisted authors

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