Booker Prize - winners and nominees

Titles from the 2025 longlist along with previous winners and nominees. Read more about the authors, titles and the history of the Booker Prizes at: thebookerprizes.com


Available eAudio and eBook versions, along with past winners and nominees, can be found at: Kirklees Libraries - Booker Prize - winners and nominees

Updated August 27, 2025
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Endling
Reva, Maria
* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read...
Flashlight
Choi, Susan
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** 'Ferociously smart and full of surprises' Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood 'A rich generational saga that teems with intelligence' Financial Times The astonishing story of one...
Flesh
Szalay, David
'A revelatory novel' Sunday Times 'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey, author of Orbital A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp. Fifteen-year-old Istvan lives...
Seascraper
Wood, Benjamin.
Paper Book
*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025* 'Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written' Douglas Stuart Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa's trade as a shanker. He rises early...
The land in winter
Miller, Andrew
Paper Book
⭐ Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 ⭐ ⭐ Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025 ⭐ ⭐ Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025 ⭐ A book of the year for the Independent, Guardian,<...
The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Desai, Kiran
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an...
The Rest of Our Lives
Markovits, Benjamin.
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 'Moving, smart and life-affirming.' OBSERVER 'Why aren't all novels like this?' THE CRITIC 'A triumphant twist on the great American road novel.' GUARDIAN 'So funny, wise and knowing.' CLARE...
The South
Aw, Tash
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 'Spellbinding' THE TIMES 'An exquisite, languorous novel' OBSERVER 'Heartstoppingly vivid' OISÍN MCKENNA A radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer - about family,...
Universality
Brown, Natasha (Novelist)
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 From the author of Assembly - THE MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 in the GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, ELLE, OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, RADIO TIMES, BBC, HARPER'S BAZAAR, and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'An instant classic.' ELLE...
James
Everett, Percival
Paper Book
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the...
Orbital: 'Awe-Inspiring' Max Porter
Harvey, Samantha
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN 'Stunning... An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES Life on our...
Creation Lake
Kushner, Rachel
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Imagine Slow Horses' Jackson Lamb in the body of Jodie Comer's character in Killing Eve' SUNDAY TIMES 'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill<...
My friends
Matar, Hisham
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PROSE PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024FROM THE...
This strange eventful history : a novel
Messud, Claire
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 '[A] wise and insightful novel about identity and family' The Times, Book of the Day 'An epic family odyssey... Ambitious and compelling' Guardian, Book of the Day 'A rich,...
Wandering Stars: A Novel
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK 2024 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that...
Enlightenment
Perry, Sarah
Paper Book
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends 'Gorgeous... Ethereal' GUARDIAN 'A book with cosmic reach' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A...
Stone yard devotional
Wood, Charlotte
Paper Book
⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 ⭐ The new novel by the bestselling author of The Weekend A Book of the Year for the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and ABC 'The fact that Stone Yard...
The Safekeep
van der Wouden, Yael.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2025 An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and...
Wild houses
Barrett, Colin
Paper Book
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2024** 'Beautiful...brings to life an entire world' SALLY ROONEY 'Sublime... A thrillingly moreish novel' SUNDAY TIMES *...
Held
Michaels, Anne
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 **The international bestseller** **A Guardian Book of the Year** **Chosen as a book of the year by the independent.co.uk** 'Her prose is a...

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