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Booker Prize Reading Lists

Reading lists

Not sure what to read next? Get some inspiration from our reading lists.

There are over 600 books in the Booker Library, and our reading lists help you find your next favourite book.

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10 Booker Prize-nominated novels that explore the passage of time

The best books for fans of The Traitors

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Eight of the best Booker-nominated books for fans of The Traitors

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The Booker in the 1980s: 10 novels that are well worth revisiting

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10 Booker-nominated books to make you hopeful for the future

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14 Booker-nominated books that will change your worldview, as chosen by our readers

The best stocking fillers from the Booker Library

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Stocking fillers from the Booker Library: the best fiction for every type of reader

The best books to gift this Christmas

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The best books to gift this Christmas: Booker authors and judges share their recommendations

Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet

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Where to start with Elena Ferrante: a guide to her best books

Steamiest reads in the Booker Library

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Nine of the steamiest reads from the Booker Library

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Editors’ picks: our favourite Booker Prize-winning books

The best Booker Prize novels from the 1970s

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The Booker in the 1970s: 10 novels that are well worth rediscovering, five decades later

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10 Booker-nominated novels that are perfect for book clubs

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11 Booker-nominated books that reimagine classic works and ancient texts

8 Booker books by poets

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Eight of the best Booker-nominated books written by poets

The best crime novels nominated for the Booker Prize

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10 of the best crime novels from the Booker Library

Author Zadie Smith

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Where to start with Zadie Smith: a guide to her best books

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Seven Booker Prize-nominated novels with a sporting edge

Author John Maxwell Coetzee.

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Where to start with J.M. Coetzee: a guide to his best fiction

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10 of the best short story books and collections from the Booker Library

Author Margaret Atwood posing for a portrait in Toronto, Canada.

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Where to start with Margaret Atwood: a guide to her best books