Crime fiction books nominated for the Booker Prize

With The Trees shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Percival Everett about what ranching taught him about writing, why oppressive regimes want an under-educated populace and why he tries to get people laughing

With Case Study longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Graeme Macrae Burnet about his nomination and what winning the prize would mean to him

Explore Percival Everett’s Booker Prize 2022 shortlisted novel The Trees with your book club using our guide and discover why the judges said it ‘asks questions about history and justice and allows not a single easy answer.’

For decades, Booker-nominated authors have been tangled up in criminal activity. But why has a traditional crime novel never won the prize?