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Our guides are packed with insights from our judges, critics, and the book’s author; as well as discussion points for book clubs and suggestions for further reading

We asked the authors nominated for this year’s Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their shortlisted works; their favourite books; and where they love to read, and write

Anita Brookner was a prolific writer and a master of both comedy and tragedy. Over the course of 28 years, she wrote 24 novels, winning the Booker Prize in 1984 with Hotel du Lac. But where should you begin?

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to the pages of science fiction. Here, Booker Prizes novelists consider what happens when the boundary between human and machine begins to blur

Kazuo Ishiguro imagines a near future shaped by AI in his Booker Prize 2021 longlisted novel, which explores the boundaries between human and machine

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend, watches customers and passers-by intently, hoping to be chosen. But when the possibility arises that her circumstances may change forever, she is warned not to put too much faith in human promises

Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for September plus a new-look, limited-edition Booker Prizes tote bag  

In his Booker Prize 2021 longlisted novel, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly-changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love? 

From snatched moments on busy commutes to those last few pages before bed, these are the spaces and places where our community makes time to read