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Reading guide: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
In a small town in 1990s Nigeria, four brothers’ lives are unravelled by a devastating prophecy
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Revisiting the 1974 Booker Prize: controversy, compromise and the first joint winners
50 years ago, the Booker was shared by writers Nadine Gordimer and Stanley Middleton. One of them went on to win the Nobel, while the other drifted into obscurity – yet both deserve our full attention
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Eight Booker-nominated books for fans of Wuthering Heights
As Emerald Fennell’s stylised adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic classic opens in cinemas, we’ve picked out eight books featuring obsessive love and devastating revenge, and, of course, plenty of ghosts
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10 of the best Booker-nominated murder mysteries, for Knives Out fans
As Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Knives Out mystery, hits our screens this Christmas, here are 10 mould-breaking whodunnits from the Booker Prizes back catalogue
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Win a copy of The Sea by John Banville
Win one of five bundles including a copy of our Monthly Spotlight title for February, The Sea by John Banville, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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Win a copy of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Win one of three bundles including a copy of our Monthly Spotlight title for April, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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Win a copy of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Win one of five bundles including a copy of our Monthly Spotlight title for July, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag
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An extract from Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without Earth? What is Earth without humanity?
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The Trees
A violent history refuses to be buried in Percival Everett’s striking novel, which combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence
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On Earth As It Is Beneath
An unsettling novel that sets us among an isolated group of men whose bonds break down in ways both hard to comprehend and impossible to look away from