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Ahead of the Booker Prize 2025 winner announcement on Monday, 10 November, we’ve picked out the most interesting facts, trends and themes that have emerged in this year’s shortlist 

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

If you’re a fan of period dramas set in grand houses and full of aristocratic intrigue, you’ll love this list of Booker-nominated novels

The author of The Riders on creating characters who feel like family, the force of weather and geography in fiction, and how being a parent has shaped him as a writer

From D.H. Lawrence to Derek Walcott, and from The Borrowers to Beloved, this year’s longlistees reveal the authors and books that inspired them to become writers

The scheme supports translators from the Global Majority, and the six winning projects represent five languages and regions 

If you enjoy novels that seethe with romantic tension, you’ll love this selection of books full of scandalous secrets and passionate affairs

From the joys of shared reading to how to read like a Booker Prize judge, via some excellent reading recommendations, discover our collection of articles about and for book clubs

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