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11 of the best coming-of-age books nominated for the Booker Prizes
Discover some of the best coming-of-age novels in the Booker Library; books that, in unique ways, capture the turbulence of adolescence and early adulthood
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Saville
Set in and around the Second World War, David Storey’s tale about a boy from a mining town who grows away from his roots won the Booker Prize in 1976
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk’s subversive, entertaining neo-noir is both gripping and thought-provoking, and anything but a conventional crime novel
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Olga Ravn and Martin Aitken on The Employees
Author Olga Ravn and translator Martin Aitken on the jumbled statements in The Employees and what it’s like to be longlisted for the International Booker Prize
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The Booker Prize 2023 shortlistees on the films that have inspired them
Ahead of a special live Q&A with this year’s Booker winner, and the screening of a film to match their book, we asked our shortlisted authors about their favourite movies
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Reading guide: Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz
Set in Brazil’s poorest region, this is a tender yet gripping story of two sisters bound together by a history of violence
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A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
This joyful family saga about free will, forgiveness, and interconnection poses a question: are we free to create our own destinies or are we just part of a system beyond our control?
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Ismail Kadare and me: six memories of ‘the greatest writer of the age’
From walks on the beach to dinner with celebrities, these snapshots from Kadare’s translator David Bellos offer a personal glimpse of the man behind the giant reputation
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Bomber
The date is 31 June, 1943. An RAF crew prepare for their next bombing raid on Germany. It is a night that many will never forget.
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Booker Prize books that have been adapted for film and television
Looking for your next high-quality movie or binge-worthy television series? More than 60 Booker Prize nominated titles have been adapted for the big and small screen - discover them all here