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Article  •  14 September 2021

 

The 2021 Booker Prize shortlist revealed

The shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced, with four Penguin Random House novels named.

A huge congratulations to the Penguin Random House authors who have been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction.

Four of our authors have been named after the longlist was chosen from 158 novels.

Richard Powers has been recognised by the Booker Prize before, with The Overstory shortlisted in the 2018 Booker Prize.

Damon Galgut was also shortlisted in the 2010 Booker Prize.

The winning book will be announced during the prize ceremony at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on November 3.

Good luck and congratulations to all our shortlisted authors.

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