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As the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist is announced, we’ve picked out the most interesting facts, trends and themes that have emerged in this year’s selection

We asked this year’s longlistees to tell us about the book that set them on the path to becoming the writers they are today 

Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Booker Prize, is known for funny, experimental works that often explore the slippery nature of memory and truth. But which of his books should you read first?

Suspense and substance seamlessly combine in these works nominated for the Booker and International Booker Prize, where intrigue is the name of the game 

In the first volume of a trilogy of novels, Jon Fosse explores profound questions: what makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life instead of another?

Whether you’re new to the longlist or would like to explore it more deeply, our guides are packed with insights from critics, judges and the authors

The Nobel Prize-winning and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author reflects on his writing process, how music influences his prose, and reveals the philosophical works that shaped his thinking

Jon Fosse’s Septology is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique

Win a bundle of Jon Fosse’s books, including our September Monthly Spotlight, The Other Name: Septology I - II, plus a limited-edition Booker Prize tote bag

Hailed as the voice of a generation and a modern-day Charles Dickens, Zadie Smith is an astute chronicler of our times. But which of her works of fiction should you read first?