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Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Salman Rushdie shortlisted for 2019 Booker Prize

Four shortlisted books for 2019 Booker Prize

The shortlist for The Booker Prize 2019 – the leading prize for literary fiction written in English – has been announced, and we're very excited to have four books included on the list of six titles. 

Our four brilliant shortlisted books, from some of the greatest writers of our time, are: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, Quichotte by Salman Rushdie and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak.

Completing this year’s shortlist are An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown) and Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (Galley Beggar Press). 

More about each of our shortlisted books

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