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Previously awarded to English-language works written by citizens of the Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland or Zimbabwe, this year marks the first time the judges of the literary prize were able to consider works from writers across the globe, so long as they’re written in English and published in the UK. The four American books to make the cut — _We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves_ by Karen Joy Fowler, _The Blazing World_ by Siri Hustvedt, _To Rise Again at a Decent Hour_ by Joshua Ferris and _Orfeo_ by Richard Powers — make up nearly a third of the 13-title longlist. Somewhat surprisingly, Donna Tartt’s _The Goldfinch_ wasn’t selected, though it won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. When the new criteria for the Booker prize were announced last September, it caused a minor controversy as some literary insiders complained that the rule change could lead to an American domination of the prize. “Although it appears to let in lots more good fiction, it risks diluting the identity of the prize,” John Mullan, a former Booker Prize judge, told the [BBC ](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24126882)last year. “It’s going to be Toni Morrison versus Hilary Mantel, or Jonathan Franzen against Ian McEwan, and I think that’s really unfortunate.” American authors didn’t dominate the longlist — the Brits still hold that claim with five titles making the cut — and the final winner will be announced on Sept. 9. The 2014 Man Booker Prize longlist: [_To Rise Again at a Decent Hour_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316033979/?tag=timecom-20), Joshua Ferris (US) [_The Narrow Road to the Deep North_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385352859/?tag=timecom-20), Richard Flanagan (Australia) [_We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399162097/?tag=timecom-20), Karen Joy Fowler (US) [_The Blazing World_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476747237/?tag=timecom-20), Siri Hustvedt (US) [_J_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553419552/?tag=timecom-20), Howard Jacobson (UK) [_The Wake_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1908717866/?tag=timecom-20), Paul Kingsnorth (UK) [_The Bone Clocks_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400065674/?tag=timecom-20), David Mitchell (UK) [_The Lives of Others_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0701186291/?tag=timecom-20), Neel Mukherjee (India) [_Us_, David Nicholls](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062365584/?tag=timecom-20) (UK) [_The Dog_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307378233/?tag=timecom-20), Joseph O’Neill (Ireland) [_Orfeo_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393240827/?tag=timecom-20), Richard Powers (US) [_How to be Both_](http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/024114521X/?tag=timecom-20), Ali Smith (UK) [_History of the Rain_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1620406470/?tag=timecom-20), Niall Williams (Ireland) Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3022391/man-booker-prize-longlist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3022391/man-booker-prize-longlist/"},"headline":"U.S. Authors Snag 4 Spots on Man Booker Prize Longlist","datePublished":"2014-07-23T11:49:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:17:33.996Z","description":"But Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch didn't make the cut","url":"https://time.com/3022391/man-booker-prize-longlist/","keywords":["Books","World","uk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38e9f8646b0b22a6/69869cb6d0b6f2171a30564e/cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38e9f8646b0b22a6/69869cb6d0b6f2171a30564e/cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cover","caption":"","creditText":"Simon & Schuster","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3022391/man-booker-prize-longlist/","name":"U.S. Authors Snag 4 Spots on Man Booker Prize Longlist"}}]}] ```