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Booker Prize 2023

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2023 – the world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction – was announced on Thursday, 21 September 2023 at the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery in London and livestreamed to readers around the world. Find out more about the books today.

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

If I Survive You

Jonathan Escoffery

This Other Eden: Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2023 by Paul Harding

This Other Eden: Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2023

Paul Harding

Western Lane: Longlisted For The Booker Prize 2023 by Chetna Maroo

Western Lane: Longlisted For The Booker Prize 2023

Chetna Maroo

The Bee Sting: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023

Paul Murray

Prophet Song: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023

Paul Lynch

Study for Obedience: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 by Sarah Bernstein

Study for Obedience: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023

Sarah Bernstein

Wolfson History Prize

The Wolfson History Prize celebrates the best historical non-fiction books from the past year. Bringing new stories from history to light, and challenging readers to rethink accepted historical narratives, the topical Wolfson History Prize shortlist explores themes that are pertinent to current world events. Find out more here.

The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire by Henrietta Harrison

The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire

Henrietta Harrison

Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith

Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers

Emma Smith

The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich

The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe

James Belich

Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London – by BBC New Generation Thinker by Oskar Jensen

Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London – by BBC New Generation Thinker

Oskar Jensen

Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski

Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945

Halik Kochanski

African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History by Hakim Adi

African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History

Hakim Adi

The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding

Now in its 11th year, the international book prize rewards and celebrates ground-breaking research-based works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of world cultures and the ways in which they interconnect. Find out more here

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living by Dimitris Xygalatas

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

Dimitris Xygalatas

The Violence of Colonial Photography by Daniel Foliard

The Violence of Colonial Photography

Daniel Foliard

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

Irene Vallejo

Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra

Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

Kris Manjapra

Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das

Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire

Nandini Das

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution -- Shortlisted for the Bailie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution -- Shortlisted for the Bailie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

Tania Branigan

Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is an international prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing today. Submissions were open to writers of any nationality, writing in English. British, New Zealand, Australian and Chinese-American authors are represented on the shortlist, the six being selected from almost 100 entries. Find out more here.

Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for Women's Prize 2023 by Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies: Shortlisted for Women's Prize 2023

Priscilla Morris

The Half Life of Valery K: THE TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH by Natasha Pulley

The Half Life of Valery K: THE TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH

Natasha Pulley

No Country for Girls: The most original, high-octane thriller of the year by Emma Styles

No Country for Girls: The most original, high-octane thriller of the year

Emma Styles

Four Treasures of the Sky: The compelling debut about identity and belonging in the 1880s American West by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Four Treasures of the Sky: The compelling debut about identity and belonging in the 1880s American West

Jenny Tinghui Zhang

My Name is Yip: Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize by Paddy Crewe

My Name is Yip: Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize

Paddy Crewe

Going Zero: An Addictive, Ingenious Conspiracy Thriller from the No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten

Going Zero: An Addictive, Ingenious Conspiracy Thriller from the No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Darkest Hour

Anthony McCarten

Vintage Publisher Spotlight

Vintage Crime would like to introduce you to your next crime fiction obsession! We are giving away packs of six thrilling murder mysteries, from bestselling and award-winning crime authors including Jo Nesbo, Susan Hill, Denise Mina and Abir Mukherjee. Each book is the first in a detective series so there’s also plenty more to discover once you’ve found your favourite. Discover more, including extracts of each book, here

The Various Haunts of Men: Discover book 1 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series by Susan Hill

The Various Haunts of Men: Discover book 1 in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series

Susan Hill

The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller by Jo Nesbo, and Don Bartlett

The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller

Jo Nesbo, and, Don Bartlett

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

A Rising Man

Abir Mukherjee

Conviction: THE THRILLING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Denise Mina

Conviction: THE THRILLING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Denise Mina

The Waiter: the award-winning first book in a thrilling new detective series by Ajay Chowdhury

The Waiter: the award-winning first book in a thrilling new detective series

Ajay Chowdhury

The Darkness Knows: From the international bestselling author of The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason

The Darkness Knows: From the international bestselling author of The Shadow District

Arnaldur Indridason

Sports & Games

The Summer Reading Challenge launches soon and this year we’re teaming up with children’s charity, the Youth Sport Trust, for Ready, Set, Read!, focused on reading, sport and play. To help adults join in with all of the fun, we have created a booklist of titles which have strong sports or games related themes or which show the importance of sport on people’s lives or stories.

Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka

Chinaman

Shehan Karunatilaka

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

Phil Knight

The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla

The Boxer

Nikesh Shukla

Beyond A Boundary by Cyril Lionel Robert James

Beyond A Boundary

Cyril Lionel Robert James

Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper

Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team

Elise Hooper

Mountains According to G by Geraint Thomas

Mountains According to G

Geraint Thomas

Carrie Soto Is Back: From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Carrie Soto Is Back: From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

How (Not) To Be Strong: The inspirational instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the legendary Lioness by Alex Scott

How (Not) To Be Strong: The inspirational instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the legendary Lioness

Alex Scott

Your Show: 'The football novel is back.' The Times by Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Your Show: 'The football novel is back.' The Times

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor by Emma Warren

Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor

Emma Warren

The Little Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page

The Little Board Game Cafe

Jennifer Page

The Crossover: Graphic Novel by Kwame Alexander, and Dawud Anyabwile

The Crossover: Graphic Novel

Kwame Alexander, and, Dawud Anyabwile

Themed booklists

We’ve collected together some of our previous booklists on a variety of themes and topics. Take a look to find your next read.

Wonders of the World
Translated Books
The Reading Agency Books of the Year 2022
Debuts of 2022
Poetry Recommendations
Yearbook 2022
Escape with a Book
Refugee Week 2022
Local and Community History Month
Autism
Wonder Women
LGBT+ History Month 2022
Hope
Books of the Year 2021
Noteworthy Non-Fiction
Perfect Poetry
The Power of Reading
For the Love of Books

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