The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, featuring a previous winner and three authors shortlisted for the first time

The shortlist of six novels has been selected by the 2025 judging panel, chaired by critically acclaimed writer and 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle. Doyle’s fellow judges are Booker Prize-longlisted novelist Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀; award-winning actor, producer and publisher Sarah Jessica Parker; writer, broadcaster and literary critic Chris Power; and New York Times bestselling and Booker Prize-longlisted author Kiley Reid.

The winner of the Booker Prize 2025 will be announced at a ceremony in London on Monday, 10 November. The winning author will receive £50,000.