Booker Prize 2019: Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood make it to shortlist

We are pleased to announce our #BookerPrize2019 shortlist. Watch what our judges had to say about the six selected books. #BookerPrize2019 #FinestFiction #BookLoversDay #shortlist #announcement pic.twitter.com/eq3LdFsohE

— The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) September 3, 2019

According to a report in The Independent, Peter Florence, Chair of Judges said, “Like all great literature, these books teem with life, with a profound and celebratory humanity.” “The common thread is our admiration for the extraordinary ambition of each of these books. There is an abundance of humour, of political and cultural engagement, of stylistic daring and astonishing beauty of language. Like all great literature, these books teem with life, with a profound and celebratory humanity. We have a shortlist of six extraordinary books and we could make a case for each of them as winner, but I want to toast all of them as “winners”. Anyone who reads all six of these books would be enriched and delighted, would be awe-struck by the power of story, and encouraged by what literature can do to set our imaginations free,” he added.

The winner will be announced on October 14.