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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 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.
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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?
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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'Twas the night before Christmas... the perfect time to sit back, relax and take our festive quiz. 👀

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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
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December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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

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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
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🕵️ What’s cosier than a murder mystery?

With Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Knives Out film, now out, we’re spotlighting 10 mould-breaking Booker Prize whodunnits that take the genre somewhere new.

Tap the link below for our full list of recommendations.

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Ten of the best Booker-nominated murder mysteries, for Knives Out fans | The Booker Prizes
As Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Knives Out mystery, hits our screens this Christmas, here are 10 mould-breaking whodunnits from the Booker Prizes back catalogue
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December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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No time like the present to get your TBR list in order...

Revisit our six festive reading articles for inspiration. Whether you’re gifting or planning your own holiday reads, find them all by tapping link below.

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Festive reading from the Booker Prizes | The Booker Prizes
We’ve parcelled up some treats for the holidays ahead – discover the best books and audiobooks to enjoy this season, get gift ideas for book lovers of all ages, then test your knowledge with our Christmas quiz
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December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Time is flying and the gift pressure is real. We’re here to help with a very specific guide for gifting books to the very specific people you love...

Tap the link in below to explore all our stocking filler ideas for the festive season

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Stocking fillers from the Booker Library: the best fiction for every type of reader | The Booker Prizes
Looking for the perfect gift this festive season? This selection of Booker-nominated books will add a touch of magic to every reader’s Christmas
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December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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As double Booker winner Margaret Atwood publishes her long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives, we've picked out ten of the best autobiographies by Booker Prize-winning authors.

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Ten of the best memoirs by Booker Prize-winning authors | The Booker Prizes
Discover the inner workings of some of the greatest Booker Prize-nominated authors with our list of captivating memoirs
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December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Monthly Spotlight Reading Guide: Milkman by Anna Burns

☑️ Synopsis
☑️ About the author
☑️ What the critics said
☑️ Questions and discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations

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Reading guide: Milkman by Anna Burns | The Booker Prizes
Set in an unnamed city where it’s dangerous to be interesting, Burns’ Booker Prize-winning novel is rife with gossip and hearsay
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December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I'm both over the moon and a bit nervous to be chairing the Booker judges for 2026. These are the people I'm going to be getting to know rather well #BookerPrize2026 @thebookerprizes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Your Christmas shopping, sorted. 🤝

We’ve selected some of the most-loved children’s books - along with some hidden gems - to help you pass on the magic of storytelling. ✨

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December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🎧❄️ We asked our Substack readers to share the Booker-nominated audiobooks they return to again and again

Tap the link below for the full list of recommendations...

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The best Booker audiobooks to curl up with this winter, chosen by you | The Booker Prizes
’Tis the season to be told a good story. We asked you to tell us which audiobooks of Booker-nominated novels are your all-time-favourite listens, and why
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December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Take our Christmas quiz: which Booker book is this festive extract from?

Send to your friends for a healthy dose of competition. 🤭

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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
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December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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In a personal essay, Colin Crummy reflects on the lasting power of Milkman by Anna Burns, our Monthly Spotlight pick for December, and considers how this Booker-winning novel captured the lived reality of the Troubles.

🔗 Read the full article below.

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How Anna Burns’ Milkman perfectly articulated the experience of life during the Troubles | The Booker Prizes
Colin Crummy, who grew up in South Armagh, explains how Anna Burns’ Booker winner Milkman held up a mirror to a world of suspicion, surveillance and groupthink
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December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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In Milkman, Anna Burns gives us a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate ignorance. This is a story where to be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous…

Read an extract from our December Monthly Spotlight below

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An extract from Milkman by Anna Burns | The Booker Prizes
Winning the Booker Prize in 2018, Anna Burns’ Milkman depicts a community filled with rumours as a young woman tries to avoid being seen as anything but interesting
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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.

Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.

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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Booker Prize elves have been busy 🎅📚

Our Editors’ picks are here to help you choose the perfect books to wrap up this Christmas.

Read the full article by clicking the link below
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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 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for December: Milkman by Anna Burns.

🔗 Tap the link below to discover a reading guide, competition and more.

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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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December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Pssst, it's your last chance to enter our festive giveaway to win the 2025 shortlists. 🎄📚

Get your entries in before tomorrow (Monday, December 8) ⤵️
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Win a set of signed copies of the Booker and International Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books | The Booker Prizes
We’re offering you the chance to win one of five brilliant bundles that include signed copies of all 12 shortlisted books from this year’s Booker and International Booker Prize shortlists, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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10% reading, 90% trying to get cosy enough to read
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Maybe we're biased but there is no gift quite like the perfect book 📚
To inspire you, we asked some of our Booker friends, from past judges to shortlistees, which books they love to give as gifts.

Read all of their answers by clicking the link below:

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The best books to gift this Christmas: Booker authors and judges share their recommendations | The Booker Prizes
This festive season, members of the Booker Prizes family reveal the books they are gifting this Christmas, and explain why they’ll leave a lasting mark well beyond the holidays
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December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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If you're ticking off a gift list (or just want to treat yourself), BookKind are currently offering a discount on the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist – buy all six books for £75, saving over £28 on the full value.

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Booker Prize 2025 Bundle
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December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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From Charlotte's Web to His Dark Materials, Penelope Lively – the keynote speaker at our 2025 ceremony – shares her favourite children's books of all time.

Read the full article from The Observer below

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What’s your favourite children’s book?
Penelope Lively on the best children’s books of all time | The Observer
Of course! The great progenitor, maybe where it all began. References from Alice swim in the minds of millions who may not even have read these books.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Win a set of signed copies of the Booker and International Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books - just in time for Christmas. 🎄🎁

Enter here ⤵️
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Win a set of signed copies of the Booker and International Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books | The Booker Prizes
We’re offering you the chance to win one of five brilliant bundles that include signed copies of all 12 shortlisted books from this year’s Booker and International Booker Prize shortlists, plus a limi...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM