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Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi’s elegantly structured and taut novel tells of Oman’s coming-of-age through the prism of one family’s losses and loves
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Heaven
Told through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying, this is a haunting novel of the threat of violence that can stalk our teenage years
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Adelayo Adedayo, Will Poulter and Tanya Reynolds star in new films showcasing the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
Well-known faces from Harry Potter, Sex Education, Game of Thrones, The Bear, His Dark Materials and more star in new films showcasing Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
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11 of the most heartbreaking books from the Booker Library
Sometimes we all need a book that will give us a good cry. These deeply emotional novels from the Booker Prize archives will break your heart – and mend it again
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The 2024 shortlistees on the book that challenged their worldview
We asked this year’s Booker Prize-shortlisted authors to tell us about the book that altered the way they see the world – and how it shaped their thinking
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An extract from Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Read an extract from Eva Baltasar’s short, brittle novel, Boulder, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023
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10 of the most dysfunctional families in Booker Prize-nominated novels
From heartbreaking contemporary sagas to multigenerational epics, from the recognisable to the bizarre, get to know some of the most memorably flawed families in Booker-nominated books
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10 Booker Prize-nominated books that explore sapphic love
Discover some of the best sapphic love stories that have been nominated for the Booker and International Booker Prizes, with 10 intoxicating tales of self-discovery and seduction
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Anita Desai: 'I thought the book would seem ghostly now, but it's all coming around again'
Anita Desai discusses how her deeply personal Booker Prize shortlisted novel Clear Light of Day resonated with readers and critics when first published in 1980, and why its themes remain relevant today.
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More Than I Love My Life
Sweeping story about loving with courage that asks us to confront our deepest held beliefs about a woman's duty to herself - and to her children