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Olga Tokarczuk

Book recommendations

Where to start with Olga Tokarczuk: a guide to her best books

Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator

Interview

Antonia Lloyd-Jones interview: ‘People have fallen for the patter of a crazy old bird who does unspeakable things’

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Book recommendations

10 Booker Prize-nominated books with unique settings

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Opinion

How to write like a Booker-nominated author

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Opinion

Staff picks: the Booker Prizes team’s favourite bookshops

Win a copy of the Booker Prizes Quick Read, and a host of other prizes

Competition

Win a Booker Prizes Quick Read book and a selection of other prizes

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Monthly Spotlight: The Van by Roddy Doyle

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Competition

Win a copy of The Van by Roddy Doyle

Booker Prize 2025 Chair of judges Roddy Doyle

Book recommendations

Where to start with Roddy Doyle: a guide to his best books

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Reading guides

Reading guide: The Van by Roddy Doyle

Booker books with sibling relationships

Book recommendations

10 Booker Prize-nominated books featuring complicated sibling relationships

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Book recommendations

10 Booker Prize-nominated books that explore sapphic love

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Book recommendations

International Booker-nominated authors and translators on their favourite books from childhood

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Book extract

An extract from The Van by Roddy Doyle

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Everything you need to know about Taiwan Travelogue, winner of the International Booker Prize 2026

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Book extract

An extract from Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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Interview

How independent publishers have become the cornerstone of the International Booker Prize

Sophie Hughes

First person

International Booker Prize 2026 judge Sophie Hughes on finding time to read more

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Reading guides

Reading guide: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

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Young, urban and male: who is reading translated fiction in the UK now?