Jul 31, 2025

Check out the 2025 Booker Prize Longlist

Aanya Mehta

The Lonliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

A multigenerational saga weaving through India and the U.S. Desai’s return is a lush, emotional exploration of migration, family, and personal history.

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Love Forms by Clair Adams

Set in Trinidad, this poetic novel meditates on motherhood, trauma, and relationships, capturing Caribbean life with raw tenderness.

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The South by Tash Aw

A graceful, Chekhovian novel about a Malaysian-Chinese family unraveling over decades. Quiet, moving, and deeply immersive.

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Universality by Natasha Brown

An intellectual and spare novel dissecting race, class, and British identity through a fragmented narrative. Bold and boundary pushing.

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One Boat by Jonathan Buckley

A quiet, philosophical meditation on death, memory, and community. Set in a remote English village. Acclaimed for its subtle depth.

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Flashlight by Susan Choi

This metafictional novel challenges reality and memory, following a playwright reckoning with her past. Inventive and emotionally taut.

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Audiiton by Katie Kitamura

A minimalist, disarming novel centered around a voice actor in Tokyo. Explores voice, self erasure, and artistic detachment.

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The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

Set in post Brexit Europe, it’s a sprawling, comic yet serious look at migration, privilege, and shifting political ground.

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The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

Historical fiction at its finest, set during the Little Ice Age in 17th century England. Atmospheric, textured, and haunting.

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Endling by Maria Reva

A debut novel set in war torn Ukraine, told from the eyes of a zoologist obsessed with snails. Darkly funny and devastating.

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Flesh by David Szalay

Explores masculinity, violence, and moral ambiguity across Europe. Critics hail it as brutal, brilliant, and impossible to forget.

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Seascraper by Benjamin Wood

A speculative eco fiction set in a futuristic vertical ocean city. Tense and deeply relevant in the climate crisis era.

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Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga

A debut about translation, exile, and fractured identity, drawing from the Albanian American immigrant experience.

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