Now into its second decade, the reader-driven books award is introducing some exciting new features. But we still need your votes
The Not the Booker prize is back – for the 11th time. We’ve been uncovering excellent novels for more than a decade, and that’s a mighty fine thing. But let’s not dwell on the past, because the future promises yet more excitement. Like many 11-year-olds, the Not the Booker is changing.
We still want to find this year’s best novels and uncover a few gems that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. We still want to have a serious discussion about literature and prize culture. We still want to have fun. And we still want to hear from you about the books that matter. So this year’s Not the Booker prize begins like every other, with nominations for this year’s best fiction on this very blog and a public vote to whittle those nominations down to a shortlist.
To nominate a book for the 2019 Not the Booker prize please leave a comment below, including the word “nomination”, with the title and author of one book you think should be considered. If you can supply a publication date, that would be very useful. Nominations will remain open until 23.59 BST on Saturday 27 July 2019.