Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World is an intensely beautiful and haunting novel about the wonder of life, the mystery of death and the strange space in between
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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
Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, this intensely beautiful and haunting novel is about the wonder of life, the mystery of death and the strange space in between
As we count down to the U.S presidential elections, we’ve pulled together ten politically-charged titles from the Booker Library featuring career politicians, revolutionary struggle and the endless quest for power
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Quiz: How much of a book fanatic are you?
Whether you’re a casual page-turner or a card-carrying bibliophile, take our quiz to uncover the depths of your book obsession
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The most memorable fictional fathers from the Booker Library, ranked from worst to best
For Father’s Day, we’ve selected 10 Booker Prize-nominated novels with distinctive dads at their centre – the good, the bad and the monstrous
Following Anora’s Oscar wins for its unflinching portrayal of a love affair gone sour, we’ve curated a selection of reads from the Booker Library that explore the darker depths of human interactions
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Eight Booker Prize-nominated books for World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day, we’ve scoured the Booker Library to find some of the best books that celebrate the natural world and highlight our need to protect it
To mark the 20th anniversary, the author reflects on the transformative impact of his Booker triumph with The Line of Beauty – a novel that propelled LGBTQIA+ narratives into the literary mainstream
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An extract from The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst’s 2004 Booker Prize-winning novel defines a decade, as a young man navigates a world of privilege to which he can never truly belong