The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world. It has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. Awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
The shortlist is the judges six favourites and was announced today 15th September.
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook (Oneworld Publications)
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Faber & Faber)
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House)
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (Canongate Books)
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Picador, Pan Macmillan)
Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Originals, Daunt Books Publishing) Â
Most of these novels on the shortlist are by debut authors and we do not presently stock them but are in talks with our suppliers.
The winner will be announced on 17th November 2020.
All four of our libraries – The Curve, Britwell, Cippenham and Langley – are now partially open for our new Click and Collect service and book returns. You just need your Library card and PIN number to use this new service and borrow books which our staff will select for you. For Click and Collect go to this link:https://slough.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOMEÂ