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Tim Winton’s 1995 shortlisted novel features a desperate man’s attempts to find his missing wife as he journeys across Europe

Distressed and dumbfounded, Fred Scully finds his life in tatters as he searches endlessly for his disappeared wife with his young daughter in tow

Win one of five copies of our Monthly Spotlight title for October, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag

Today, Tuesday, 23 September, the 2025 shortlist for the Booker Prize, the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction, is announced

We’re offering you the chance to win a set of all six books on the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist, along with a gorgeous selection of stationery from Present & Correct

Enjoy extracts from the novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 – a selection of six extraordinary books that encapsulate a wide range of global experiences

Whether you’re new to the shortlist and wondering where to start, or would like to explore it more deeply, our guides are packed with insights and discussion points

An atmospheric novel set during a famously freezing 1960s winter, The Land in Winter explores the minutiae of married life through the interior lives of two couples

Flesh is the winner of the Booker Prize 2025. A spare but propulsive novel, Flesh follows a man from adolescence to old age as he is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp

Thrilling and moving, Flashlight mines questions of memory, language and identity through the astonishing story of a family swept up in the tides of 20th-century history