‘Original and thrilling’ longlist for the Booker Prize 2023 is announced

We’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all 13 longlisted titles in contention for this year’s Booker Prize 

Short books, books by Irish authors, debut novels, second novels, novels about family, politics and the environment – here’s everything you need to know the 2023 longlist 

Wondering which of the 13 Booker Prize 2023 longlisted titles to read first? We asked our judges to summarise each book – and say what they loved about them

Novelist Edugyan talks about a childhood immersed in horror stories - and why she believes there is no such thing as ‘a Booker book’

The writer and Professor of English talks about the family library trips that turned him into a voracious reader - and how reading 150+ works of fiction for the prize has increased his appreciation of good novels

The award-winning poet talks about being drawn to Anglophone literature as a teenager, and why the Booker Prize is about so much more than the winning novel

Renowned actor Andoh talks about how her parents’ reading tastes influenced her formative years - and why she is looking for books that have ‘an eternal life’ when reading for the Booker Prize

A would-be novelist takes inspiration from life – but then finds the tables are mysteriously turned, in Muriel Spark’s entertaining literary joyride. Read an extract from our August Book of the Month here

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981, Loitering with Intent is an expertly crafted novel on art and artifice, one which delicately explores the ethical demands and constraints of authorship

In our monthly series, ‘TBR: The Booker Revisited’ Lucy Scholes shines a spotlight on hidden gems from the Booker Library. This month’s selection is equal parts macabre fairy-tale and blackly humorous family portrait

Advances in AI suggest it may only be a matter of time before machine-generated fiction renders human novelists obsolete. But here’s why that (probably) won’t be the case, writes Ian Leslie

25 years after winning the Booker for Amsterdam, Ian McEwan revisits his journals and talks about the inspirations behind the book, in an exclusive interview
 

Data compiled by Nielsen for the Booker Prize Foundation shows that readers of translated fiction in the UK are significantly younger than fiction readers generally

Muriel Spark was a writer of astonishing productivity, writing 22 titles which were varied in subject matter. So which one should you read first?

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

From folklore with added fright factor to otherworldly modern tales, these books from the Booker Library tap into our darkest fears of spectres and spirits

We asked each of the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlisted authors and translators which works of fiction have inspired them and their careers the most.

What’s the book about? Who are the author and translator? What have the critics said? And what are the inspirations behind it? We have all the answers

As Time Shelter wins the International Booker Prize 2023, here’s what fans and critics are saying about Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel’s timely win

Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, takes us through the songs and music that inspired his novel Time Shelter

Our comprehensive guide to Time Shelter, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, includes a range of discussion points for book groups, insights from the author and further resources

Watch the actor Toby Stephens read an extract from Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel, winner of the International Booker Prize 2023

The author and translator of Time Shelter talk about what makes Bulgarian literature unique, the cultural influences behind the book - and the decade to which they’d return if they could

We believe there is a natural union between international fiction and film. Here, we recommend 6 great movies to complement this year’s International Booker shortlist

Discover our reading guides for the shortlisted books and novels on the International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist, packed with insights and discussion points

Ahead of International Booker Prize 2023 ceremony, we spoke to the authors and translators about their novels on this year’s shortlist. Here’s what they said…

A year after Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand, they talk about how the prize expanded their world