Half of these books won’t even be finalists for the Booker Prize. We’ll find out September 9 which ones when the “shortist” is announced: The White Tiger, by Aravind AdigaGirl in a Blue Dress, by Gaynor ArnoldThe Secret Scripture, by Sebastian BarryFrom A to X, by John BergerThe Lost Dog, by Michelle de KretserSea of Poppies, by Amitav GhoshThe Clothes on Their Backs, by Linda GrantA Case of Exploding Mangoes, by Mohammed HanifThe Northern Clemency, by Philip HensherNetherland, by Joseph O’Neill The Enchantress of Florence, by Salman RushdieChild 44, by Tom Rob SmithA Fraction of the Whole, by Steve Toltz