Overlooked favorites?

There's an interesting discussion over on Chasing Ray of books (recent or older) that have been overlooked, with contributions from several bloggers - see the explanation of "Recommendations from under the Radar" here, the introductory post of schedule and recommendations here, and an index of all posts here. What are some of your favorites that you think have been overlooked or underrated? Share suggestions in the comments.

Booker Prize nominees

The long list of 13 nominees for the Man Booker Prize (for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland) has been announced.

Check out the nominees here. Some of the nominated titles have not yet been released in the U.S.; our library has:

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (F Hamid)


• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (F Davies)


• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (F McEwan)

and other MVLC libraries have:

• Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones


• Gifted by Nikita Lalwani


• Consolation by Michael Redhill

Or, browse past winners (last year was Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, call number F Desai/pb at the Gleason Library) here - most are available here or through other MVLC libraries.