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The Booker Prize 2025

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The Booker Prize 2025

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, featuring a previous winner (Kiran Desai) and three aiuthors shortlisted for the first time (Susan Choi, Katie Kitamura and Ben Markovits). The announcement of the winning book  will take place on November 10th at a ceremony in London.

For more about the Booker Prize, go to https://thebookerprizes.com
 



2025 Shortlist
 

  • FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi (Jonathan Cape)  
  • THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai (Hamish Hamilton)  
  • AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (Fern Press)  
  • THE REST OF OUR LIVES by Ben Markovits (Faber)  
  • THE LAND IN WINTER by Andrew Miller (Sceptre)  
  • FLESH by David Szalay (Jonathan Cape)
     


2025 Longlist
 

  • LOVE FORMS by Claire Adam (Faber)  
  • THE SOUTH by Tash Aw (4th Estate)  
  • UNIVERSALITY by Natasha Brown (Faber)  
  • ONE BOAT by Jonathan Buckley (Fitzcarraldo Editions)  
  • FLASHLIGHT by Susan Choi (Jonathan Cape)  
  • THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai (Hamish Hamilton)  
  • AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (Fern Press)  
  • THE REST OF OUR LIVES by Ben Markovits (Faber)  
  • THE LAND IN WINTER by Andrew Miller (Sceptre)  
  • ENDLING by Maria Reva (Virago/Little, Brown)  
  • FLESH by David Szalay (Jonathan Cape)  
  • SEASCRAPER by Benjamin Wood (Viking)  
  • MISINTERPRETATION by Ledia Xhoga (Daunt Books Originals)