The 2025 Booker shortlist is made up of works by veteran authors, most of whom have more than five books to their name. In a statement, author Roddy Doyle, the chair of judges, writes that the shortlisters are "in total command of their own store of English, their own rhythm, their own expertise."

Each of the six shortlisted authors receives £2,500 ($3,380) and "a specially bound edition of their book." The Booker Prize winner will be announced Monday, Nov. 10, in a ceremony that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and livestreamed on the Booker Prizes' social channels. The winner will receive £50,000 ($67,600).

This year's Booker Shortlist winners are:

Flashlight by Susan Choi

Susan Choi's sixth novel began as a short story published in The New Yorker. Inspired by her own experie

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