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2024 Booker Prize

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2024 Booker Prize
Date12 November 2024
LocationOld Billingsgate, London
CountryUnited Kingdom & Ireland
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The 2024 Booker Prize is a literary award worth £50,000 given for the best English-language novel published between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024 in either the United Kingdom or Ireland. The winner is due to be announced on 12 November 2024 at Old Billingsgate in London.[1]

Of the thirteen authors on the 2024 longlist, announced on 30 July 2024, three (Colin Barrett, Rita Bullwinkel, Yael van der Wouden) were debut novelists and six (Percival Everett, Samantha Harvey, Rachel Kushner, Hisham Matar, Claire Messud, Richard Powers) had been nominated previously. The longlist also featured the first Dutch (Yael van der Wouden) and Native American (Tommy Orange) authors ever to be longlisted.[2][3][4] The shortlist of six finalists was announced on 16 September 2024, with five of the six books being by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the 55-year history of the prize.[5]

Judging panel

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Nominees

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Shortlist

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Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Percival Everett James Novel USA Mantle
Samantha Harvey Orbital Novel United Kingdom Jonathan Cape
Rachel Kushner Creation Lake Novel USA Jonathan Cape
Anne Michaels Held Novel Canada Bloomsbury
Yael van der Wouden The Safekeep Novel Netherlands Viking
Charlotte Wood Stone Yard Devotional Novel Australia Sceptre

Longlist

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Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Colin Barrett Wild Houses Novel Ireland Jonathan Cape
Rita Bullwinkel Headshot Novel USA Daunt Books Originals
Percival Everett James Novel USA Mantle
Samantha Harvey Orbital Novel United Kingdom Jonathan Cape
Rachel Kushner Creation Lake Novel USA Jonathan Cape
Hisham Matar My Friends Novel United Kingdom / Libya Viking
Claire Messud This Strange Eventful History Novel Canada / USA Fleet
Anne Michaels Held Novel Canada Bloomsbury
Tommy Orange Wandering Stars Novel USA Harvill Secker
Sarah Perry Enlightenment Novel United Kingdom Jonathan Cape
Richard Powers Playground Novel USA Hutchinson Heinemann
Yael van der Wouden The Safekeep Novel Netherlands Viking
Charlotte Wood Stone Yard Devotional Novel Australia Sceptre

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Creamer, Ella (30 July 2024). "Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among 'cohort of global voices'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ Jessop, Vicky (30 July 2024). "Three British authors nominated for the Booker Prize longlist". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ Rosseinsky, Katie (30 July 2024). "Booker Prize unveils 13 books on 'glorious' longlist of 'timeless and timely fiction'". The Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ Marshall, Alex (30 July 2024). "Books by Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers Are Among Booker Prize Nominees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  5. ^ Creamer, Ella (16 September 2024). "Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Meet the Booker Prize 2024 judges: 'The Booker is the Olympic gold medal of book awards' | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.