Booker Prize 2020

After much reading and judging, the Booker Longlist has been announced! The Booker Prize––awarded annually to an outstanding novel published in the UK and Ireland––is given to the novel the judges consider the best of the year. The longlisted titles are available in our catalog for you to request today!

The shortlist will be announced September 15, 2020. 

Here's the 2020 longlist:

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi (forthcoming)

Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze (forthcoming)

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel 

Apeirogon by Colum McCann 

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart 

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward (forthcoming)

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang