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‘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.
Watch the moment Flesh was announced as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025, and hear what David Szalay said in his acceptance speech.
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David Szalay wins the Booker Prize 2025 with Flesh | The Booker Prize
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Watch the moment Flesh was announced as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025, and hear what David Szalay said in his acceptance speech.
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Congratulations to David Szalay! I wrote this card months ago and added Ha! Called it! after Flesh made the longlist.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations to David Szalay! I wrote this card months ago and added Ha! Called it! after Flesh made the longlist.
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loved Flesh. weird and sad and terrific. read Flesh!!!
‘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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
loved Flesh. weird and sad and terrific. read Flesh!!!
‘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.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
‘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.
Not long to go until we reveal the winner of the #BookerPrize2025. Make sure you tune into our livestream to hear the news as it's announced.
Join us at 9:30pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
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The Booker Prize 2025 Ceremony Livestream
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November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Not long to go until we reveal the winner of the #BookerPrize2025. Make sure you tune into our livestream to hear the news as it's announced.
Join us at 9:30pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
Join us at 9:30pm GMT: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
Join us on the #BookerPrize2025 red carpet, hosted by Shabaz Ali, from 7:30pm GMT.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Join us on the #BookerPrize2025 red carpet, hosted by Shabaz Ali, from 7:30pm GMT.
Tonight's the night! Tune in from 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST / 3am IST to hear the #BookerPrize2025 winner as it's announced.
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tonight's the night! Tune in from 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST / 3am IST to hear the #BookerPrize2025 winner as it's announced.
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
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We had a wonderful evening in conversation with the Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted authors at Southbank Centre last night. (1/3)
Image credits: David Parry
Image credits: David Parry
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We had a wonderful evening in conversation with the Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted authors at Southbank Centre last night. (1/3)
Image credits: David Parry
Image credits: David Parry
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
Just over 24 hours to go until the Booker Prize 2025 award ceremony kicks off!
Here's how you can join us:
➡️ From 7pm GMT, we’ll be sharing red carpet interviews on Instagram and TikTok
➡️ From 9:30pm GMT, tune into our live-stream of the winner announcement to hear the news as it's announced
Here's how you can join us:
➡️ From 7pm GMT, we’ll be sharing red carpet interviews on Instagram and TikTok
➡️ From 9:30pm GMT, tune into our live-stream of the winner announcement to hear the news as it's announced
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just over 24 hours to go until the Booker Prize 2025 award ceremony kicks off!
Here's how you can join us:
➡️ From 7pm GMT, we’ll be sharing red carpet interviews on Instagram and TikTok
➡️ From 9:30pm GMT, tune into our live-stream of the winner announcement to hear the news as it's announced
Here's how you can join us:
➡️ From 7pm GMT, we’ll be sharing red carpet interviews on Instagram and TikTok
➡️ From 9:30pm GMT, tune into our live-stream of the winner announcement to hear the news as it's announced
Our reading guide for Flesh by David Szalay includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/r4zrkzd7ct
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/r4zrkzd7ct
Reading guide: Flesh by David Szalay | The Booker Prizes
A spare but propulsive novel, Flesh follows a man from adolescence to old age as he is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our reading guide for Flesh by David Szalay includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/r4zrkzd7ct
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/r4zrkzd7ct
There's just ONE day to go until the winner of the #BookerPrize2025 is announced. 😮💨
Until then, scroll back through this year's shortlist films ⤵️
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Until then, scroll back through this year's shortlist films ⤵️
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The Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Films
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November 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There's just ONE day to go until the winner of the #BookerPrize2025 is announced. 😮💨
Until then, scroll back through this year's shortlist films ⤵️
https://youtube.pulse.ly/bhrufoxb9m
Until then, scroll back through this year's shortlist films ⤵️
https://youtube.pulse.ly/bhrufoxb9m
Our reading guide for The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9akwfcwd2g
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9akwfcwd2g
Reading guide: The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller | The Booker Prizes
An atmospheric novel set during a famously freezing 1960s winter, The Land in Winter explores the minutiae of married life through the interior lives of two couples
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November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our reading guide for The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9akwfcwd2g
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/9akwfcwd2g
Weekly roundup: discover our Monthly Spotlight for November, The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma ⤵️
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Discover our Monthly Spotlight for November: The Fishermen
This month we dive into Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel, The Fishermen, shortlisted for the Booker Prize a decade ago and as powerful as ever
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Weekly roundup: discover our Monthly Spotlight for November, The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma ⤵️
https://substack.pulse.ly/1sxfj6fn9u
https://substack.pulse.ly/1sxfj6fn9u
Our reading guide for The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
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https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h78psvgrf1
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
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https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h78psvgrf1
The Rest of Our Lives | The Booker Prizes
An unforgettable road trip of a novel about a middle-aged academic whose marriage, career and body are failing him
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November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our reading guide for The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h78psvgrf1
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h78psvgrf1
Our reading guide for Audition by Katie Kitamura includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗 https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/pwxlaylqpi
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗 https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/pwxlaylqpi
Reading guide: Audition by Katie Kitamura | The Booker Prizes
An exhilarating, destabilising novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our reading guide for Audition by Katie Kitamura includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗 https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/pwxlaylqpi
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
🔗 https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/pwxlaylqpi
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📚Giveaway📚
We've got 5 signed copies of Orbital by Samantha Harvey to give away to our followers.
To enter:
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We've got 5 signed copies of Orbital by Samantha Harvey to give away to our followers.
To enter:
〰️ Follow @thebookerprizes.com
〰️ Like this post
〰️ Reply to this post letting us know your favourite Booker Prize book
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📚Giveaway📚
We've got 5 signed copies of Orbital by Samantha Harvey to give away to our followers.
To enter:
〰️ Follow @thebookerprizes.com
〰️ Like this post
〰️ Reply to this post letting us know your favourite Booker Prize book
We've got 5 signed copies of Orbital by Samantha Harvey to give away to our followers.
To enter:
〰️ Follow @thebookerprizes.com
〰️ Like this post
〰️ Reply to this post letting us know your favourite Booker Prize book
Our reading guide for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
Reading guide: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
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November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our reading guide for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
Our reading guide for Flashlight by Susan Choi includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/krseeyxmhg
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/krseeyxmhg
Reading guide: Flashlight by Susan Choi | The Booker Prizes
Thrilling and moving, Flashlight mines questions of memory, language and identity through the astonishing story of a family swept up in the tides of 20th-century history
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November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our reading guide for Flashlight by Susan Choi includes everything you need to get to know this Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted novel:
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/krseeyxmhg
☑️ Synopsis
☑️ Judges comments
☑️ An extract from the book
☑️ Discussion points
☑️ Book recommendations
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/krseeyxmhg
Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for November: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma.
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/uzdip01gdk
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/uzdip01gdk
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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November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for November: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma.
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/uzdip01gdk
🔗 Tap the link below to discover an interview, reading guide, competition and more.
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/uzdip01gdk
As she prepares to pass the baton, Booker Prize 2024 winner Samantha Harvey tells us about the ‘glorious, overwhelming fallout’ of winning the prize – including the liberation and liquorice a win can bring.
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Samantha Harvey: ‘Endless cosmic goodness has come my way’ | The Booker Prizes
As she prepares to pass the baton, the author of Orbital tells us about the ‘glorious, overwhelming fallout’ of winning the Booker Prize, including the liberation and liquorice a win can bring
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As she prepares to pass the baton, Booker Prize 2024 winner Samantha Harvey tells us about the ‘glorious, overwhelming fallout’ of winning the prize – including the liberation and liquorice a win can bring.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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In this final, nail-biting, week running up to the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony, we asked our judges about their favourite EVER Booker Prize-winning books.
What's yours?
What's yours?
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In this final, nail-biting, week running up to the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony, we asked our judges about their favourite EVER Booker Prize-winning books.
What's yours?
What's yours?
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A Monday morning question: which book(s) did you spend your weekend with?
The Booker Prize, now also for kids. Launching 2026.
Find out more ⤵️
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Find out more ⤵️
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November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Booker Prize, now also for kids. Launching 2026.
Find out more ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/f8hfukgqvr
Find out more ⤵️
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/f8hfukgqvr
We spoke to Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the #BookerPrize2025 with The Rest of Our Lives, about obsessing over The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander as a child, and hypothetically spending the prize money on a titanium Brompton.
Discover all the Q&As: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/musnnanhch
Discover all the Q&As: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/musnnanhch
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We spoke to Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the #BookerPrize2025 with The Rest of Our Lives, about obsessing over The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander as a child, and hypothetically spending the prize money on a titanium Brompton.
Discover all the Q&As: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/musnnanhch
Discover all the Q&As: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/musnnanhch