Eric Karl Anderson

Chatting about "Gloria Don't Speak" by Lucy Apps and being a quiet person: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOkT...

The 2026 International Booker Prize longlist has been announced!

Here I discuss this group of books and each title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=942Z...

I had a great chat with George Saunders about his new novel Vigil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyu...

Here are the 16 books on the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist! What have you read from the list? What do you want to read?

A new video is up where I discuss this year's prize and each of these titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDY...

5 big books I'm planning to read in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RmW...

Sad to hear about the passing of great Latvian author Nora Ikstena who I once interviewed in London. 🇱🇻

Her excellent novel "Soviet Milk" made such a big impact upon me! Here I discuss the book while making my family's Latvian bacon & onion roll recipe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxb...

Here are 12 classic books I'm looking forward to reading in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMx...

Here are my favourite books that I read in 2025!

Watch me discuss why these titles are so impactful and memorable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxo-...

New video discussing the shortlists for the 2025 Nero Book Awards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwtA...

New video looking through the ultimate best books of 2025 list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIr...

Chatting about 8 books from 2025 that deserve more attention: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtj...

The NY Times just posted their '10 best books of 2025' and I'm here to discuss it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzW...

I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking with Mircea Cărtărescu about his book Blinding which has just been published in the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6m8...

We even filmed a little extra segment in the Penguin Classics library where he discussed some of his favourite books!

New video discussing Sarah Hall's extremely creative, thoughtful and unique recent novel "Helm": www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdE...

Such a fun evening celebrating literature at the The Booker Prize ceremony!

Vlog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ05...

New video on my end of the year reading plans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6f...

Chatting about some new books I'm eager to read: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddxb...

New video chatting about the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist & predicting a winner with Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-j...

New video chatting about RTE's 10 best Irish books of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgk...

New video discussing the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I8...

Chatting about the changing seasons and stepping out of the flow of time with Solvej Balle's "On the Calculation of Volume": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQd...

Reacting to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature announcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBTS...

#NobelPrize

5 Classic Books TBR Before the End of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OY...

A casual chat about everything I've read in the past couple of months: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ji2...

New video discussing the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxrt...

New video chatting about some recently published books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE51...

This is a public service announcement for anyone reading the newly released The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai by listening to the audio book or reading it on kindle. Here are the family trees to help you to recall who is who in this wonderful epic.

Ranking Every Novel on the Booker Prize Longlist 2025 YouTube video by Eric Karl Anderson

Whew! I've now finished reading all 13 novels on the @thebookerprizes.com longlist - just in time for next week's shortlist announcement. Here I discuss my rankings and shortlist wish list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ax...

It's been interesting following how readers have such different reactions to Claire Adam's "Love Forms" - here's my thoughts on this Booker longlisted novel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWW...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Maria Reva about her innovative and moving Booker-longlisted novel Endling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_D0...