Read extracts from all 13 books on the International Booker Prize 2023 longlist

In our latest competition, we’re offering the chance to win one of five bundles including all 13 longlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize 

Three original languages represented for the first time; a wife and husband author-translator duo; a writer who had once declared himself ‘dead’; poets, screenwriters and former security guards. Here are the key details and surprising facts about this year’s longlist

Wondering which of the International Booker Prize 2023 longlisted titles to read first? We asked our judges to summarise each book - and say what they loved about them

Who is the International Booker Prize for? How is it different from the original Booker Prize? Who is reading these books and what is the prize’s impact? Find out here

In this guest post, the award-winning singer-songwriter explains why Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel does exactly what great literature is supposed to do - it makes us think deeply and helps us understand life

Peter Hujar’s arresting, ambiguous image on the front of Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel encapsulates the pain and joy of the book - but the author’s relationship with photography goes much deeper

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel is a powerful exploration of the limits of human endurance. Whether you’re new to A Little Life or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide

In the midst of a personal loss, writer and book lover Sarah Gwonyoma picked up A Little Life. In this personal essay, she reveals how the novel allowed her to process her pain, and find pockets of joy amongst the sorrow 

In this exclusive video interview, Penelope Lively talks about winning the Booker for Moon Tiger, how the book’s heroine was decades ahead of her time, growing up in Egypt - and the challenges of writing for children

Irish literature thrived long before the Booker Prize was established in 1969, yet since the turn of the century a new generation of writers have cemented their place in the Booker canon

To mark the 10th anniversary of her Booker win, Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter discuss the book’s exhilarating journey towards publication and the prize

Ben Okri, the first Black winner of the Booker Prize, explains how he had to create fresh techniques to tell a story rooted in his African childhood

Sales of translated fiction continue to rise and even A-listers can’t stop talking about their favourite titles. We’ve rounded up the International Booker-nominated books with the most famous of fans

From classics to contemporary, we’ve compiled a selection of Booker-nominated novels that make a big impact in around 200 pages or less. They may be small, but they’re perfectly formed

Looking for your next high-quality box set or movie? More than 50 Booker Prize nominated titles have been adapted for the big and small screen - discover them all here

Few writers are as synonymous with the Booker Prize as Salman Rushdie, with seven of his 12 adult novels having been nominated. Here’s our guide to his best books