Booker Prize

This group is for discussion of the books selected for the Booker Prize, in the current year or in past ones. Everyone is free to join, and all participants are encouraged to post comments and reviews. The thread's main focus of activity will be from mid July, when the longlist is announced, to late October, when the prize is awarded.

The 2023 Booker Prize key dates:

Longlist announcement: 1 August 2023
Shortlist announcement: 21 September 2023
Prize ceremony: 26 November 2023

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Pinned — 2024 International Booker Prize Longlist2 unread / 2highlandcow, March 13
Pinned — 2023 Booker Prize Longlist29 unread / 29dianelouise100, September 2023
2024 International Booker Prize shortlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 9
Booker Prize 2023 announced2 unread / 2LBShoreBook, November 2023
Booker Prize Short List 20239 unread / 9vancouverdeb, October 2023
2023 International Booker Prize Shortlist2 unread / 2kjuliff, August 2023
2023 Booker Prize longlist to be announced on 1 August1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2023
The winner of the 2023 International Booker Prize is...2 unread / 2LBShoreBook, May 2023
Nickelini's Booker Lists89 unread / 89Nickelini, March 2023
2023 International Booker Prize Longlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, March 2023
Dating3 unread / 3sometimeunderwater, December 2022
The winner of the 2022 Booker Prize is...1 unread / 1kidzdoc, October 2022
2022 Booker Prize Shortlist3 unread / 3kidzdoc, September 2022
2022 Booker Prize Longlist5 unread / 5kidzdoc, July 2022
2022 Booker Prize longlist to be announced tomorrow, 26 July1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2022
2022 International Booker Prize Shortlist2 unread / 2LBShoreBook, April 2022
2022 International Booker Prize Longlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, March 2022
Simone2 about Books and Booker146 unread / 146Simone2, November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Booker Prize is...11 unread / 11Yells, November 2021
2021 Booker Prize shortlist11 unread / 11Cariola, November 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: The Promise by Damon Galgut3 unread / 3Simone2, October 2021
2021 International Booker Prize winner2 unread / 2Abilio28, October 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro4 unread / 4Simone2, October 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood7 unread / 7Simone2, October 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: Bewilderment by Richard Powers2 unread / 2Simone2, October 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed2 unread / 2kidzdoc, September 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota2 unread / 2AnnieMod, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: Second Place by Rachel Cusk2 unread / 2AnnieMod, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford2 unread / 2Yells, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: An Island by Karen Jennings2 unread / 2Yells, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson2 unread / 2Yells, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist6 unread / 6kidzdoc, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead1 unread / 1kidzdoc, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam1 unread / 1kidzdoc, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris1 unread / 1kidzdoc, August 2021
2021 Booker Prize Longlist speculation2 unread / 2torontoc, July 2021
2021 International Booker Prize shortlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2021
2021 International Booker Prize longlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2021
Chelle's attempt at enjoying some Booker Prize Books25 unread / 25ChelleBearss, March 2021
The winner of the 2020 Booker Prize is...1 unread / 1kidzdoc, November 2020
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst8 unread / 8Simone2, November 2020
2017 Booker Prize longlist: Swing Time by Zadie Smith4 unread / 4Simone2, November 2020
2016 Booker Longlist: The North Water5 unread / 5SophieSpragg, October 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Apeirogon by Colum McCann2 unread / 2Simone2, October 2020
New date for the 2020 Booker Prize award1 unread / 1kidzdoc, September 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi2 unread / 2Simone2, September 2020
2020 Booker Prize Shortlist5 unread / 5sparemethecensor, September 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste3 unread / 3kidzdoc, September 2020
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: The Overstory by Richard Powers5 unread / 5bergs47, September 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid9 unread / 9lauralkeet, August 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Real Life by Brandon Taylor2 unread / 2sparemethecensor, August 2020
The winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize is...1 unread / 1kidzdoc, August 2020
2020 Booker Prize longlist10 unread / 10lisapeet, August 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze2 unread / 2bergs47, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Redhead By the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: The New Wilderness by Diane Cook1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize Longlist: How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2020
2020 Booker Prize longlist: 12 hours to go!2 unread / 2bergs47, July 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: The Discomfort of Evening2 unread / 2Simone2, July 2020
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli6 unread / 6kidzdoc, May 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: Tyll1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: The Memory Police1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: Hurricane Season1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2020
2020 International Booker Prize shortlist: The Adventures of China Iron1 unread / 1kidzdoc, April 2020
2020 International Booker Prize3 unread / 3kidzdoc, April 2020
2019 Booker Prize shortlist1 unread / 1kidzdoc, September 2019
2009 Booker Prize shortlist3 unread / 3kidzdoc, September 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry3 unread / 3Simone2, August 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Lanny by Max Porter4 unread / 4Simone2, August 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist11 unread / 11sparemethecensor, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Speculation Thread3 unread / 3Simone2, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite3 unread / 3Simone2, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: The Wall by John Lanchester3 unread / 3Simone2, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Frankisstein by Jeanette Winterson1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood2 unread / 2lauralkeet, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Quichotte by Salman Rushdie1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman1 unread / 1kidzdoc, July 2019
Cait86 Reads the Booker Prize36 unread / 36Cait86, July 2019
New chapter awaits as Booker Prize loses ‘enemy’ sponsor2 unread / 2si, May 2019
2019 Man Booker International Prize5 unread / 5SassyLassy, May 2019
kidzdoc's Man Booker International Prize reviews2 unread / 2kidzdoc, May 2019
2018 Booker Prize1 unread / 1kidzdoc, October 2018
Today's the day!1 unread / 1kidzdoc, October 2018
2018 Booker Prize Shortlist5 unread / 5strandbooks, October 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: Normal People by Sally Rooney4 unread / 4Simone2, September 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner5 unread / 5lriley, September 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje3 unread / 3Simone2, September 2018
2018 Booker Prize longlist: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso4 unread / 4Carmenere, September 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: Snap by Belinda Bauer5 unread / 5Simone2, August 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne3 unread / 3Simone2, August 2018
2018 Booker Prize Longlist: Everything Under by Daisy Johnson2 unread / 2Simone2, August 2018
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