The 2025 Booker Prize longlist has been introduced : NPR

An epic fable about two younger Indian writers. A darkish comedy a couple of loner who will get a job as a chauffeur for the mega-rich. A e book a couple of Ukrainian ecologist finding out snails that turns right into a metafictional novel a couple of author engaged on a e book a couple of Ukrainian ecologist finding out snails on the onset of the continuing struggle.

This yr’s checklist of nominees for the celebrated Booker Prize is a diversified lot by way of model, scope, size and material. But they “are all alive with great characters and narrative surprises,” Roddy Doyle, the 2025 Booker Prize chair of judges, stated in an announcement.

Authors up for this yr’s award embody Susan Choi for Flashlight, Maria Reva for Endling and Katie Kitamura for Audition. The full checklist is beneath.

The Booker Prize is a prestigious award given to fiction written in English and printed within the U.Okay. and Ireland. Previous winners embody Samantha Harvey, George Saunders and Marlon James. The winner receives £50,000 (about $66,000). The winner shall be introduced on Nov. 10 at a livestreamed ceremony in London.

Here’s the complete checklist:

• Love Forms by Claire Adam
• The South by Tash Aw
• Universality by Natasha Brown
• One Boat by Jonathan Buckley
• Flashlight by Susan Choi
• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
• Audition by Katie Kitamura
• The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
• The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
• Endling by Maria Reva
• Flesh by David Szalay
• Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
• Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga