2019 Booker Prize Explained

The 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 14 October 2019. The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 23 July,[1] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 3 September.[2] The Booker Prize was awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other. This was the first time the prize was shared since 1992, despite a rule change banning joint winners.[3]

Judging panel

Nominees

Shortlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Margaret AtwoodThe TestamentsNovelCanadaVintage, Chatto & Windus
Bernardine EvaristoGirl, Woman, OtherNovelUKHamish Hamilton
Lucy EllmannDucks, NewburyportNovelUSA/UKGalley Beggar Press
Chigozie ObiomaAn Orchestra of MinoritiesNovelNigeriaLittle Brown
Salman RushdieQuichotteNovelUK/IndiaJonathan Cape
Elif Shafak10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange WorldNovelUK/TurkeyViking

Longlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Margaret AtwoodThe TestamentsNovelCanadaVintage, Chatto & Windus
Kevin BarryNight Boat to TangierNovelIrelandCanongate Books
Oyinkan BraithwaiteMy Sister, The Serial KillerNovelUK/NigeriaAtlantic Books
Lucy EllmannDucks, NewburyportNovelUSA/UKGalley Beggar Press
Bernardine EvaristoGirl, Woman, OtherNovelUKHamish Hamilton
John LanchesterThe WallNovelUKFaber & Faber
Deborah LevyThe Man Who Saw EverythingNovelUKHamish Hamilton
Valeria LuiselliLost Children ArchiveNovelMexico/ItalyFourth Estate
Chigozie ObiomaAn Orchestra of MinoritiesNovelNigeriaLittle Brown
Max PorterLannyNovelUKFaber & Faber
Salman RushdieQuichotteNovelUK/IndiaJonathan Cape
Elif Shafak10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange WorldNovelUK/TurkeyViking
Jeanette WintersonFrankisssteinNovelUKJonathan Cape

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Booker Prize 2019 longlist announced. 4 September 2019. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2019-09-06.
  2. Web site: Booker Prize 2019 shortlist announced. 4 September 2019. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2019-09-06.
  3. Web site: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share Booker prize 2019. Flood. Alison. 14 October 2019. The Guardian. 14 October 2019.