For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have celebrated the world’s most outstanding fiction, whether written in or translated into English.
Each month they’ll be a shining a spotlight on a different book from the Booker Library, and sharing reading guides, extracts, opinion pieces and competitions.
You can find out more here.
We will be sharing the Booker Book of the Month picks every month for you to enjoy.
Introducing the Booker Prizes Book of the Month: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
In 2015, Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel became one of the most buzzed-about titles of the year. Receiving rave reviews, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has gone on to sell millions of copies and build a cult-like online fanbase. Find out more about their first Book of the Month.
There is also a reading guide for A Little Life which contains several discussion points for reading groups if you want to read and discuss the book together.
You can also join the Substack where you can share your views on the Book of the Month with other readers.
The International Booker Prize 2023 Longlist
The International Booker Prize, which highlights fiction from all five continents, translated into English, continues to build in global importance every year.
The winners’ prize purse is £50,000; £25,000 for the author and £25,000 for the translator (or divided equally between multiple translators).
Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction. Tomb of Sand is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize, and the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognised by the award.
The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2023 will be announced on Tuesday 14 March.
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