Long reads
Long reads
Find out more about the authors in the Booker Library with these in-depth features, which reveal how their books were written and explain why they endure
Essays, interviews and speeches: these features help enrich our understanding and deepen our appreciation of the books in the Booker Library.
Browse our long reads
- Opinion
- Long read
How The Black Prince reveals the two sides of Iris Murdoch
- First person
- Long read
Paul Murray on Thomas Pynchon: ‘His vision of the future feels more prescient every day’
- Long read
- First person
'Suddenly she was into her stride': Nicholas Pearson on publishing Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
- Book recommendations
- Long read
Why you should read Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
- Book recommendations
- Long read
How the Booker Prize has always celebrated debut novels and why it matters
- Long read
- Book recommendations
Why you should read A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
- First person
- Long read
Why AI will never supplant human novelists – or win the Booker Prize
- Long read
- First person
- Video
