Overview

• The Swedish Academy will announce the 2025 laureate on Thursday, 9 October, at noon BST in Stockholm.
• This year’s award carries a purse of 11 million Swedish kronor.
• Ladbrokes lists Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai as joint favorites, with Haruki Murakami next and a wider group that includes Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Cristina Rivera Garza, Enrique Vila-Matas, Gerald Murnane, Mircea Cărtărescu and Thomas Pynchon.
• Aggregated odds compiled by Nicerodds elevate Indian author Amitav Ghosh to the top of some betting tables.
• The six-member jury chaired by Anders Olsson read nominees from June through August and began formal deliberations in September, with records sealed for 50 years.