The Booker Prize 2024
The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize was just announced! Congratulations to Samantha Harvey who won the prestigious award for her novel Orbital – a moving meditation on life and meaning told through eyes of six astronauts. Other nominated titles include one of the hottest releases of the year from former Booker finalist Rachel Kushner and Percival Everett's brilliant reimagining of Huck Finn. Here's the list with a short note about each book from the judges.
13 books

WINNER
Bernardine Evaristo & MJ Franklin

Orbital: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Samantha Harvey"Six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without Earth? What is Earth without humanity?"


Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shortlist
Ron Charles & Francisco Goldman

Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner"A woman is caught in the crossfire between the past and the future in this part-spy novel, part-profound treatise on human history"


Hardcover, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shortlist
MJ Franklin & Hannah Kent

The Safekeep
Yael Van Der Wouden"An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes – and the legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest tragedies"


Hardcover, 2024
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shortlist
Margaret E Atwood & Ron Charles

Held
Anne Michaels"In a narrative that spans four generations, moments of connection and consequence ignite and re-ignite as the century unfolds."


Hardcover, 2024
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shortlist
Ron Charles

Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood"The past comes knocking in Charlotte Wood’s fearless exploration of forgiveness, grief and female friendship."

Hardcover, 2025
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shortlist
Barack Obama & Ron Charles

James
Percival Everett"A profound meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."


Hardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Longlist
Ron Charles & 

Wild Houses
Colin Barrett"A story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence, Wild Houses is the first novel from award-winning writer Colin Barrett"

Hardcover, 2024
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Longlist
Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal Boost & Cuss Whisperer

Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange"A tender, shattering story of generations of a Native American family, struggling to find ways through displacement, addiction and pain, towards home and hope."


Hardcover, 2024
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Longlist
sue quinn

Enlightenment
Sarah Perry"A story of love and astronomy told over the course of 20 years through the lives of two improbable best friends."

Hardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Longlist
Ron Charles & Jennifer Wilson

This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud"This Strange Eventful History charts the Cassars' unfolding story, in a work of breathtaking historical sweep and vivid psychological intimacy."


Hardcover, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book