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Black and white composite image of the authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025. From left to right: Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, Kiran Desai, Ben Markovits, Katie Kitamura, David Szalay
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Watch quickfire Q&As with the Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted authors

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We caught up with this year’s shortlisted authors to quiz them on their favourite books, the best advice they’ve received, their greatest annoyances, and more

Encapsulating a range of experiences, the six books shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 transport readers from Hungary to Japan, from India to New York.  

The shortlisted books and their authors are Flashlight by Susan Choi, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, Audition by Katie Kitamura, The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller and Flesh by David Szalay. 

Keen to get to know the authors a little better, we called all six authors to ask them about some pressing issues, such as…

What’s the one book that made them fall in love with reading, and what do they wish they’d written themselves? How would they sum up their shortlisted book in six words, and how would they spend their Booker Prize winnings?

Watch our quickfire Q&A video to find out. The winner of the Booker Prize 2025 will be announced on Monday, 10 November.

Watch our interviews

A Q&A with Susan Choi | The Booker Prize

A Q&A with David Szalay | The Booker Prize

A Q&A with Katie Kitamura | The Booker Prize

A Q&A with Andrew Miller | The Booker Prize

A Q&A with Kiran Desai | The Booker Prize

A Q&A with Ben Markovits | The Booker Prize

Discover more about the 2025 shortlist