The best of our long reads

The best of our long reads

Find out more about the authors in the Booker Library with these in-depth features, which reveal how their books were written and explain why they endure

Essays, interviews and speeches: these features help enrich our understanding and deepen our appreciation of the books in the Booker Library

Booker Prize long reads

Why those who dismiss V.S. Naipaul as a defender of colonialism should take a closer look at his writing

How Keri Hulme’s outsider story became one of the Booker Prize's most controversial winners

Rooney Mara as the young Roseanne in the 2016 film adaptation of The Secret Scripture

The secrets of Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture

Mapping The Garden of Evening Mists

International Booker Prize long reads

Daisy Rockwell, translator, and Geetanjali Shree author of Tomb of Sand

Why Tomb of Sand won the 2022 International Booker Prize and why you should read it

Daisy Rockwell’s and Geetanjali Shree’s genre-defying masterpiece, Tomb of Sand, won the International Booker Prize 2022. Here’s why the judges loved it.

The best of our long reads

The best of our long reads

Booker Prize long reads

Why those who dismiss V.S. Naipaul as a defender of colonialism should take a closer look at his writing

How Keri Hulme’s outsider story became one of the Booker Prize's most controversial winners

The secrets of Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture

Mapping The Garden of Evening Mists

International Booker Prize long reads

Why Tomb of Sand won the 2022 International Booker Prize and why you should read it

The International Booker Prize effect: how Tomb of Sand made literary history

The art of translation and why it matters