Winners to be announced Monday 14 October.
Congratulations to the Penguin Random House authors longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction.
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
- Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak
- Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
The longlist was chosen from 151 novels published in the UK or Ireland between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019.
The Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
The shortlist of six books will be announced on Tuesday 3 September at a morning press conference. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition of their book.
The 2019 winner will be announced on Monday 14 October at an awards ceremony at London’s Guildhall.
The Testaments Margaret Atwood
In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred?
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Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World Elif Shafak
'A rich, sensual novel that gives voice to the invisible' Financial Times - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
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The Man Who Saw Everything Deborah Levy
The unmissable, Booker Prize-longlisted novel from the critically acclaimed author of Hot Milk
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Frankissstein Jeanette Winterson
A radical love story for right now, from 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times)
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