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The Booker Prize 2019

On Monday 14th October at London's Guildhall, in a rule-breaking twist, two winners were announced for the 2019 Booker Prize.

Winner: The Testaments

35 years after the release of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood takes us back to Gilead. Following three characters we are introduced to perspectives outside of those of the Handmaids.  This is a terrific book that rounds out Gilead and tells of its downfall as opposed to being ...

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Winner: Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.

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Shortlisted Books

Ducks, Newburyport

Lucy Ellmann

Paperback

Not Available

An Orchestra of Minorities

Chigozie Obioma

Hardback

Temporarily Out Of Stock

£17.09 £18.99

Quichotte

Salman Rushdie

Hardback

Not Available

Longlisted Books

Night Boat to Tangier

Kevin Barry

Hardback

Not Available

The Wall

John Lanchester

Hardback

Not Available

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

Paperback

Not Available

Lanny

Max Porter

Hardback

Not Available

Frankissstein

Jeanette Winterson

Hardback

Not Available

The Booker Prize

The Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

The 2019 winner will be announced on Monday 14 October at an awards ceremony at London’s Guildhall, one of the highlights of the cultural year. The ceremony will be broadcast by the BBC. To see last year's shortlist and winner click here.

The Booker Prize was first awarded in 1969 and 2017 marks its 49th year. Hilary Mantel made history in 2012 when she won the prize for the second time with Bring up the Bodies, as the first woman and the first British author to win the prize twice. A full history of the prize, including an interactive timeline, can be found on the Booker Prize website – https://thebookerprizes.com/.

News about the prize can also be found on Twitter @TheBookerPrizes