Orange Ladies (No Spray Tan Necessary)

It’s Orange long list day! Is everybody happy to see the return of the book prize that is all ladies, all the time?!

Here’s the full long list, which I nabbed from Simon at Savidge Reads post:

• Lyrics Alley – Leila Aboulela
• Jamrach’s Menagerie – Carol Birch
• Room – Emma Donoghue
• The Pleasure Seekers – Tishani Doshi
• Whatever You Love – Louise Doughty
• A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
• The Memory of Love – Aminatta Forna
• The London Train – Tessa Hadley
• Grace Williams Says it Loud – Emma Henderson
• The Seas – Samantha Hunt
• The Birth of Love – Joanna Kavenna
• Great House – Nicole Krauss
• The Road to Wanting – Wendy Law-Yone
• The Tiger’s Wife – Téa Obreht
• The Invisible Bridge – Julie Orringer
• Repeat it Today with Tears – Anne Peile
• Swamplandia! – Karen Russell
• The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives – Lola Shoneyin
• The Swimmer – Roma Tearne
• Annabel – Kathleen Winter

This may be the biggest test my reading ban has faced yet. I’ve only read one (‘Annabel’ for the indie lit awards which was very good) and own another one (‘Room’ of which I am scared). I already know that I want to read at five other books on the longlist (‘The Tiger’s Wife’, ‘Swamplandia!’, ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’, ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ and ‘The Seas’). What will my wanting list look like after I investigate the rest of the list?

Thanks to Simon’s post guessing what might be on the list I am adding lots of other books to my list. The 'want to read' notebook is officially almost full and this is worrying, because I’m pretty sure it contains more books than I can read in a life time.

Which books from the long list are you excited about? Has anyone already read enough of the list to hazard shortlist predictions?