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An epic fable about two young Indian writers. A dark comedy about a loner who gets a job as a chauffeur for the mega-rich. A book about a Ukrainian ecologist studying snails that turns into a metafictional novel about a writer working on a book about a Ukrainian ecologist studying snails at the onset of the ongoing war.

This year’s list of nominees for the prestigious Booker Prize is a varied lot in terms of style, scope, length and subject matter. But they “are all alive with great characters and narrative surprises,” Roddy Doyle, the 2025 Booker Prize chair of judges, said in a statement.

Authors up for this year's award include Susan Choi for “Flashlight,” Maria Reva for “Endling” and Katie Kitamura for “Audition.” The full list is below.

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

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The prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature. This year’s crop of nominees includes two debut novelists going up against a previous Booker Prize winner.

Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist

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