Booker Prize
Honoring the best original novels written in the English language, the Booker Prize for Fiction is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. Discover this year’s nominees and explore Booker Prize-winning books like Flesh, Orbital, Prophet Song, The Seven Moons of Maali and more.
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2025 Booker Prize Winner
Flesh (Booker Prize Winner)
By David Szalay
Does money talk? Taking several leaps up the socioeconomic ladder, István finally finds himself surrounded by London's elite but at what price? Szalay's poignant writing offers a lens into one teenage boy's brush with trauma that continues to haunt him far into adulthood.
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Discover the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and shortlist, along with all the past winning books, at Barnes & Noble. Awarded annually for the best original novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, the Booker Prize, formerly known as the Man Booker Prize and the Booker-McConnell Prize, was established in 1969. One of the most prestigious and important literary awards in today’s world, the 2026 Booker Prize will be presented on November 9, 2026. Some recent Booker Prize-winning books include Flesh (2025), Orbital (2024), Prophet Song (2023), The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2022) and The Promise (2021).
What is the difference between the Pulitzer Prize and the Booker Prize?
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to an American author, published in the U.S and contains many different categories including novels and short stories. The Booker Prize must be published in the UK or Ireland even though the author can be of any nationality, and is only awarded to full-length novels.
Who won the 2025 Booker Prize?
The winner of the 2025 Booker Prize was Flesh by David Szalay. Szalay's poignant writing offers a lens into one teenage boy's brush with trauma that continues to haunt him far into his adult life.
Explore the 2026 Booker Prize Shortlist:
- The End of Everything: A Novel by M. John Harrison
- The Disappearers: A Novel by Marlon James
- Black Bag: A Novel by Luke Kennard
- May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
- The Things We Never Say: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
- John of John: A Novel by Douglas Stuart
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