Overview

• Judges led by Roddy Doyle picked 13 novels from 150 English-language titles published in the UK or Ireland between October 2024 and September 2025.
• Authors hail from nine countries, marking the most globally varied Booker longlist in a decade.
• Former winner Kiran Desai returns with her first book since 2006, the 667-page novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.
• Debut novelists Maria Reva and Ledia Xhoga are joined by established writers such as Tash Aw, Natasha Brown and Susan Choi.
• A six-title shortlist will be unveiled on September 23, setting up the winner announcement on November 10 in London.