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· Nov 10
‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
Reflecting on his Booker Prize 2020 win, Douglas Stuart said it made him feel he ‘hadn’t been entirely delusional’ for trusting his dreams.
Writing a first novel is rarely easy, but these writers pushed through to land on the Booker Prize longlist.
Tap the link for the full list of debut novels.
Writing a first novel is rarely easy, but these writers pushed through to land on the Booker Prize longlist.
Tap the link for the full list of debut novels.
11 of the best debut novels that were nominated for the Booker Prize | The Booker Prizes
Discover some of the best Booker Prize-nominated debut novels that defied expectations
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January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Reflecting on his Booker Prize 2020 win, Douglas Stuart said it made him feel he ‘hadn’t been entirely delusional’ for trusting his dreams.
Writing a first novel is rarely easy, but these writers pushed through to land on the Booker Prize longlist.
Tap the link for the full list of debut novels.
Writing a first novel is rarely easy, but these writers pushed through to land on the Booker Prize longlist.
Tap the link for the full list of debut novels.
Win a copy of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag.
Enter our Monthly Spotlight competition by tapping the link below, then tapping the same image you see here.
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✨ Good luck ✨
Enter our Monthly Spotlight competition by tapping the link below, then tapping the same image you see here.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h34vh3j8yp
✨ Good luck ✨
Win a copy of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout | The Booker Prizes
Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for January, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Win a copy of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag.
Enter our Monthly Spotlight competition by tapping the link below, then tapping the same image you see here.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h34vh3j8yp
✨ Good luck ✨
Enter our Monthly Spotlight competition by tapping the link below, then tapping the same image you see here.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h34vh3j8yp
✨ Good luck ✨
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
January 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
Us 🤝 helping you find books you'll love reading.
If you're yet to explore our website, we have hundreds of articles and reading lists to help you find your next read.
Discover all of our 'where to start with' guides here ⤵️
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If you're yet to explore our website, we have hundreds of articles and reading lists to help you find your next read.
Discover all of our 'where to start with' guides here ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/72ovbpfovg
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Us 🤝 helping you find books you'll love reading.
If you're yet to explore our website, we have hundreds of articles and reading lists to help you find your next read.
Discover all of our 'where to start with' guides here ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/72ovbpfovg
If you're yet to explore our website, we have hundreds of articles and reading lists to help you find your next read.
Discover all of our 'where to start with' guides here ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/72ovbpfovg
Team Faithful, or Team Traitor?
If you're hooked on watching the latest series of #TheTraitors, here are a few novels that serve up the same tantalising twists and turns.
Discover the full reading list: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/kaqsba1gkf
If you're hooked on watching the latest series of #TheTraitors, here are a few novels that serve up the same tantalising twists and turns.
Discover the full reading list: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/kaqsba1gkf
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Team Faithful, or Team Traitor?
If you're hooked on watching the latest series of #TheTraitors, here are a few novels that serve up the same tantalising twists and turns.
Discover the full reading list: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/kaqsba1gkf
If you're hooked on watching the latest series of #TheTraitors, here are a few novels that serve up the same tantalising twists and turns.
Discover the full reading list: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/kaqsba1gkf
In Elizabeth Strout’s moving story, My Name is Lucy Barton, a simple hospital visit illuminates the tender relationship between an estranged mother and daughter.
Read an extract from our January Monthly Spotlight via the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/y6euipncct
Read an extract from our January Monthly Spotlight via the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/y6euipncct
An extract from My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout | The Booker Prizes
Elizabeth Strout’s moving story shows how a simple hospital visit illuminates the tender relationship between an estranged mother and daughter
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January 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
In Elizabeth Strout’s moving story, My Name is Lucy Barton, a simple hospital visit illuminates the tender relationship between an estranged mother and daughter.
Read an extract from our January Monthly Spotlight via the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/y6euipncct
Read an extract from our January Monthly Spotlight via the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/y6euipncct
There's no right way to organise a bookshelf, but it does say a lot about you...
From meticulous systems to glorious chaos, swipe through for a look at the Booker Prize team’s very personal shelving systems.
For the full article, tap the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/mfatauculd
From meticulous systems to glorious chaos, swipe through for a look at the Booker Prize team’s very personal shelving systems.
For the full article, tap the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/mfatauculd
Shelf control: How to organise your bookshelves | The Booker Prizes
The humble bookshelf provides far more than a storage solution. Here, the team at the Booker Prizes share their diverse approaches to curating their own book collections, while offering inspiration for your own
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January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
There's no right way to organise a bookshelf, but it does say a lot about you...
From meticulous systems to glorious chaos, swipe through for a look at the Booker Prize team’s very personal shelving systems.
For the full article, tap the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/mfatauculd
From meticulous systems to glorious chaos, swipe through for a look at the Booker Prize team’s very personal shelving systems.
For the full article, tap the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/mfatauculd
Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for January: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/jpdvqwsjhs
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/jpdvqwsjhs
Monthly Spotlight | The Booker Prizes
Discover our ‘Monthly Spotlight’ series – a month-long celebration of a hand-picked selection of nominated titles from the Booker Library
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January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for January: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/jpdvqwsjhs
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/jpdvqwsjhs
Almost a week into 2026 – how are we feeling?
If you need a motivational pep talk that doesn’t involve manifesting or cold plunges, discover the 10 Booker-nominated novels that remind us hope still exists in the trickiest of circumstances. Full article:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/rrmcefgoe3
If you need a motivational pep talk that doesn’t involve manifesting or cold plunges, discover the 10 Booker-nominated novels that remind us hope still exists in the trickiest of circumstances. Full article:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/rrmcefgoe3
10 Booker-nominated books to make you hopeful for the future | The Booker Prizes
Start the new year with a novel that reminds us that new beginnings are always possible, even in the most challenging of circumstances
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January 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Almost a week into 2026 – how are we feeling?
If you need a motivational pep talk that doesn’t involve manifesting or cold plunges, discover the 10 Booker-nominated novels that remind us hope still exists in the trickiest of circumstances. Full article:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/rrmcefgoe3
If you need a motivational pep talk that doesn’t involve manifesting or cold plunges, discover the 10 Booker-nominated novels that remind us hope still exists in the trickiest of circumstances. Full article:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/rrmcefgoe3
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
January 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
Allow us to share some affirmations for the new year...
What are yours? Let us know in the comments 👇
What are yours? Let us know in the comments 👇
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Allow us to share some affirmations for the new year...
What are yours? Let us know in the comments 👇
What are yours? Let us know in the comments 👇
With over 70 film and TV adaptations of Booker and International Booker Prize-nominated novels, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to what to watch. 🍿
Take our quiz to find out which film should be next on your list 🎬⤵️
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Take our quiz to find out which film should be next on your list 🎬⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/ni0bkenkij
Quiz: Which Booker film adaptation should you watch? | The Booker Prizes
With over 70 screen adaptations of Booker-nominated books, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to what to watch. Take our quiz to find out which film should be next on your list
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January 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
With over 70 film and TV adaptations of Booker and International Booker Prize-nominated novels, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to what to watch. 🍿
Take our quiz to find out which film should be next on your list 🎬⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/ni0bkenkij
Take our quiz to find out which film should be next on your list 🎬⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/ni0bkenkij
This is NOT a new year, new me post. But if it was...
We have 10 Booker-nominated books that might help you turn over a new leaf, or send you into an existential crisis. 😍
Discover them all by clicking the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/hvhvjaoxak
We have 10 Booker-nominated books that might help you turn over a new leaf, or send you into an existential crisis. 😍
Discover them all by clicking the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/hvhvjaoxak
10 Booker-nominated books to inspire a fresh start | The Booker Prizes
From life-changing decisions to existential meditations, these books will gently ease you into 2024 and help you turn over a new leaf
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January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is NOT a new year, new me post. But if it was...
We have 10 Booker-nominated books that might help you turn over a new leaf, or send you into an existential crisis. 😍
Discover them all by clicking the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/hvhvjaoxak
We have 10 Booker-nominated books that might help you turn over a new leaf, or send you into an existential crisis. 😍
Discover them all by clicking the link below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/hvhvjaoxak
New year, new TBR stack. 📖
Let us ease any decision making, screenshot to find out which classic from the Booker Library you should pick up first.
Discover 70 classic Booker Prize-nominated novels, recommended by our readers: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/wdponjtnsv
Let us ease any decision making, screenshot to find out which classic from the Booker Library you should pick up first.
Discover 70 classic Booker Prize-nominated novels, recommended by our readers: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/wdponjtnsv
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New year, new TBR stack. 📖
Let us ease any decision making, screenshot to find out which classic from the Booker Library you should pick up first.
Discover 70 classic Booker Prize-nominated novels, recommended by our readers: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/wdponjtnsv
Let us ease any decision making, screenshot to find out which classic from the Booker Library you should pick up first.
Discover 70 classic Booker Prize-nominated novels, recommended by our readers: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/wdponjtnsv
A very happy new year to you all! 🎉
Here's to new reads, old favourites and *maybe* making a dent in that ever-growing TBR in 2026...
What’s going to be your first read of the new year?
Here's to new reads, old favourites and *maybe* making a dent in that ever-growing TBR in 2026...
What’s going to be your first read of the new year?
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A very happy new year to you all! 🎉
Here's to new reads, old favourites and *maybe* making a dent in that ever-growing TBR in 2026...
What’s going to be your first read of the new year?
Here's to new reads, old favourites and *maybe* making a dent in that ever-growing TBR in 2026...
What’s going to be your first read of the new year?
Reconnecting with reading doesn’t need to feel like a challenge, here's how to create good reading habits in 2026 (and beyond!)
Read the full article here:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h5b4bo9jjw
Read the full article here:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h5b4bo9jjw
December 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reconnecting with reading doesn’t need to feel like a challenge, here's how to create good reading habits in 2026 (and beyond!)
Read the full article here:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h5b4bo9jjw
Read the full article here:
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h5b4bo9jjw
Revisit our Booker Prize 2025 shortlist films, starring Stormzy, Gabrielle Creevy, Rory Kinnear, Katherine Parkinson, Shazad Latif and Arlo Parks.
Click the link in below to watch them all.
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Click the link in below to watch them all.
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The Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Films
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December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Revisit our Booker Prize 2025 shortlist films, starring Stormzy, Gabrielle Creevy, Rory Kinnear, Katherine Parkinson, Shazad Latif and Arlo Parks.
Click the link in below to watch them all.
https://youtube.pulse.ly/oxf33aztxr
Click the link in below to watch them all.
https://youtube.pulse.ly/oxf33aztxr
We're rounding off the year with one final question for the Booker Prize 2025 judges.
What about you – do you keep going til the end, or do you have a rule to decide when to stop if you're not enjoying it?
What about you – do you keep going til the end, or do you have a rule to decide when to stop if you're not enjoying it?
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We're rounding off the year with one final question for the Booker Prize 2025 judges.
What about you – do you keep going til the end, or do you have a rule to decide when to stop if you're not enjoying it?
What about you – do you keep going til the end, or do you have a rule to decide when to stop if you're not enjoying it?
Here's what authors are saying about the Children’s Booker Prize.
The prize, supported by AKO Foundation, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
The prize, supported by AKO Foundation, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Here's what authors are saying about the Children’s Booker Prize.
The prize, supported by AKO Foundation, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
The prize, supported by AKO Foundation, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
Cold outside and dark by 4pm — winter calls for reliable reading, if nothing else. Over on our Substack, we asked which Booker books you revisit every year. Explore the recommendations below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/6ise8amheh
And to those of you in the midst of summer... must be nice. 😪
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/6ise8amheh
And to those of you in the midst of summer... must be nice. 😪
The best wintry reads from the Booker Library, chosen by you | The Booker Prizes
From Dickensian tales to novels that explore the passing of time, these are your favourite Booker-nominated books to return to during the colder, darker months
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December 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Cold outside and dark by 4pm — winter calls for reliable reading, if nothing else. Over on our Substack, we asked which Booker books you revisit every year. Explore the recommendations below.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/6ise8amheh
And to those of you in the midst of summer... must be nice. 😪
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/6ise8amheh
And to those of you in the midst of summer... must be nice. 😪
If you’re looking for great fiction to re-visit over the Christmas break, here are the books that the Booker Prize 2025 longlisted authors reread again and again...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/t3nfcqgfgn
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/t3nfcqgfgn
The Booker Prize 2025 longlisted authors on the books they reread again and again | The Booker Prizes
If you’re looking for great fiction to re-visit over the Christmas and New Year break, take a look at what the authors nominated for the Booker Prize 2025 recommend
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December 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you’re looking for great fiction to re-visit over the Christmas break, here are the books that the Booker Prize 2025 longlisted authors reread again and again...
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/t3nfcqgfgn
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/t3nfcqgfgn
Wishing a very merry Christmas to those of you who are celebrating today. 🎄✨
(And to everyone who isn't celebrating – hope you're having a delightful Thursday!)
What will you be reading today?
(And to everyone who isn't celebrating – hope you're having a delightful Thursday!)
What will you be reading today?
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wishing a very merry Christmas to those of you who are celebrating today. 🎄✨
(And to everyone who isn't celebrating – hope you're having a delightful Thursday!)
What will you be reading today?
(And to everyone who isn't celebrating – hope you're having a delightful Thursday!)
What will you be reading today?
'Twas the night before Christmas... the perfect time to sit back, relax and take our festive quiz. 👀
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/77qardicee
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/77qardicee
Christmas quiz: which Booker book is this festive extract from? | The Booker Prizes
What better way to embrace the festive spirit than by testing your literary prowess in our Yuletide-themed quiz
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'Twas the night before Christmas... the perfect time to sit back, relax and take our festive quiz. 👀
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/77qardicee
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/77qardicee
Still hunting for last-minute gifts? We've rounded up our favourite Booker books to put under the tree this year...
See all our recommendations via the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/7dlqvlo4fx
See all our recommendations via the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/7dlqvlo4fx
Editors’ picks: our favourite Booker-nominated books to gift at Christmas | The Booker Prizes
From haunting sci-fi to best-in-class historical fiction and modern classics, here’s what we recommend putting under the tree for your nearest and dearest this Christmas
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December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Still hunting for last-minute gifts? We've rounded up our favourite Booker books to put under the tree this year...
See all our recommendations via the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/7dlqvlo4fx
See all our recommendations via the link below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/7dlqvlo4fx