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Booker Prize Reading Lists

Reading lists

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

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Shehan Karunatilaka's literary influences for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Book recommendations

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Ten books that led Shehan Karunatilaka to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Booker Prize Black History Month

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A Booker Prize reading list for Black History Month

Hilary Mantel

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Hilary Mantel reading list: a guide to her Booker nominated titles and other best works

Partition 1947

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The Booker Prize guide to… the partition of India

Take the Booker Prize to... America

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize... to the USA

Take the Booker Prize to... France

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize... to France

Take the Booker Prize on a... road trip

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize… on a road trip

Take the Booker Prize to the... coast

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize… to the seaside

Take the Booker Prize to a... hotel

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize… to a hotel

Take the Booker Prize to...Italy

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Summer reading special: take the Booker Prize… to Italy

Illustration of a woman lying on a beach amongst parasols.

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The Booker Prize guide to... summer reading

Illustration for The Handmaid's Tale

Long read

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The Booker Prize guide to... dystopian fiction

Book with pages in heart shape

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My Booker Valentine