The author of Flashlight, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, on being haunted by childhood memories of a trip to Japan, and the richness of short novels

The author of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, talks about her love of The Wind in the Willows and how Latin American writers have influenced her

The author of Audition, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, talks about her love of Steinbeck and Dreiser, and how almost every book changes the way she thinks about the world

The author of The Rest of Our Lives, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, on writing about middle age, an anthology that inspired him, and the book club that gave him a taste for Philip Roth

The author of The Land in Winter, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, explains what inspired his novel, and names the books and writers that have influenced him over the years

The author of Flesh, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, reflects on the most inspiring books from his youth, his love of Samuel Pepys’s diaries, and why 6am is his best time to write

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