Vote now for the Not the Booker prize shortlist!

Given that so many people sent so many excellent nominations in for the first round of this year's Not the Booker prize , you might think I'd start this blog by beaming with pleasure at the success of proceedings so far. But I can't, because I have something very important to say beforehand. And if I don't emphasise this point strongly enough, then that wonderful first round of the competition will all count for nothing. So, here goes. Pay careful attention: You only have until midnight 6 September 2010 – TONIGHT – to get your votes for the shortlist in. That's to say, not very much time at all. So get voting! Once again, it's a case of one reader, one vote. The five (or possibly six, if things are really close and there's a particularly interesting book coming in sixth) most popular books will then proceed to our shorter-list stage. As I've noted, the very long list is looking excellent this year. The thing that's most struck me is how many books and authors seem entirely new. Yes, there's also a good strong showing for the kind of books you'd expect to appear in the literary pages and contending for prizes, and I'm pleased to note that quite a few books in the running for the real Booker are on our longer list. I'm even hoping this year that some of them will get through, just so we can see how they stack up against the titles that the judges have missed. But the best thing is the fact that there are so many books that won't have crossed the radar of most people on the literary circuit. So well done you. Just two quick notes before I sign off and you can get on to the serious business of voting. There are a dozen or so books that were nominated and haven't been included here. That's because the authors don't fit in the Booker criteria, or, as was more often the case, the books were published in the wrong year. If you can't find a book you nominated here and think we've got it wrong, do say so in the comments and we'll look into it. I've also made an executive decision to include the couple of nominations for graphic novels. I couldn't find anything against them in the Booker rules, and thought it might be quite interesting if they got through ... Although, again, let us know if you have objections. Okay, enough from me. Over to you. Here's the longlist, alphabetically for your convenience: Dan Abnett – Triumff Naomi Alderman – The Lessons Kate Allan – Krakow Waltz Martin Amis – The Pregnant Widow Steven Amsterdam – Things We Didn't See Coming Kate Atkinson – Started Early, Took My Dog Stephen Baker – Hemispheres Ned Beauman – Boxer, Beetle Jonathan Buckley – Contact Angus Peter Campbell – Archie And The North Wind Matthew Condon – The Trout Opera John Connolly – The Gates Michael Crummey – Galore DO Dodd – JEW Emma Donoghue – Room Louise Doughty – Whatever You Love Mogue Doyle – Mr Bawman Wants to Tango Roddy Doyle – The Dead Republic Nikki Dudley – Ellipsis Tom Fletcher – The Leaping Aminatta Forna – The Memory Of Love Jasper Fforde – Shades Of Grey Tana French – Faithful Place William Gibson – Zero History Grant Gillespie – The Cuckoo Boy Peter F Hamilton – The Evolutionary Void Ian Holding – Of Beasts And Beings Matthew Hooton – Deloume Road Alan Jamieson – Da Happie Laand Howard Jacobson – The Finkler Question Jennifer Johnston – Truth Or Fiction Anjali Joseph – Saraswati Park Dmetri Kakmi – Mother Land Guy Gavriel Kay – Under Heaven Andrew Kaufman – The Waterproof Bible Justine Kilkerr – Advice For Strays MD Lachlan – Wolfsangel Charles Lambert – Any Human Face Margo Lanagan – Tender Morsels Toby Litt – King Death Michelle Lovric – The Book of Human Skin Annabel Lyon – The Golden Mean Tom McCarthy – C Andrew McGahan – Wonders Of A Godless World Jon McGregor – Even The Dogs Ian McDonald – The Dervish House Emily Mackie – And This Is True China Miéville – Kraken Mark Millar and John Romita Junior – Kick Ass Kei Miller – The Last Warner Woman David Mitchell – The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Lisa Moore – February Blake Morrison – The Last Weekend Neel Mukherjee – A Life Apart Paul Murray – Skippy Dies Joseph O'Connor – Ghost Light Andew O'Hagan – The Life And Times Of Maf The Dog And His Friend Marilyn Monroe Maggie O'Farrell – The Hand That First Held Mine Bryan Lee O'Malley – Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour Tony O'Neill – Sick City Landed – Tim Pears KJ Parker – The Folding Knife Anne Peile – Repeat It Today with Tears DBC Pierre – Lights Out In Wonderland Alex Preston – This Bleeding City Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists Mark A Radcliffe – Gabriel's Angel Piers Paul Read – The Misognyist Dan Rhodes – Little Hands Clapping James Robertson – And the Land Lay Still Ray Robinson – Forgetting Zoë Gord Rollo – Strange Magic Lee Rourke – The Canal Max Schaefer – Children of the Sun Caroline Smailes – Like Bees To Honey Red Plenty - Francis Spufford Oliver Stark – American Devil DJ Taylor – At the Chime of a City Clock Peter Temple – Truth Mike Thomas – Pocket Notebook Our Tragic Universe – Scarlett Thomas David Weber – Mission Of Honor Gerard Woodwood – Nourishment Chris Womersley – Bereft Jacqueline Yallop – Kissing Alice Matthew Yorke – Pictures Of Lily That's getting on for 100 books. What do you make of them?