Win a set of the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist

From reading guides to the ultimate Booker Prize shortlist quiz, we're here to help you navigate this year's list. Plus, don't miss the chance to win all six books in our latest competition!

To celebrate the announcement of the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist, we are giving you the chance to win a set of the UK editions of all six books in contention for this year’s prize. The list features stories which transport readers around the world – and beyond Earth’s atmosphere: from the battlefields of the First World War to a spiritual retreat in rural Australia; from the American South in the 19th century to a remote Dutch house in the 1960s; from the International Space Station to a cave network beneath the French countryside.

To be in with a chance of winning one of five sets of books, simply click the link below and enter your details by 12:00 BST on Thursday, October 3, 2024. This competition is open to readers anywhere in the world. Good luck!

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The ultimate Booker Prize shortlist quiz: 55 years of facts, firsts, and feats

In 1977, Chair of judges Philip Larkin famously threatened to jump out of a window if which novel didn’t win the prize? Who holds the record for being the oldest shortlisted author in Booker Prize history? And what’s unique about the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist? 

Think you can distinguish Booker Prize fact from fiction? Test your knowledge with our new quiz, which celebrates over half a century of unforgettable shortlists.

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Explore our reading guides for the Booker Prize 2024 shortlist

Whether you’re new to the 2024 shortlist and wondering where to start, or would like to explore it more deeply, our guides are packed with insights from critics, this year’s judges and the books’ authors, as well as discussion points which are perfect for book clubs, and suggestions for further reading – once you’ve read the shortlist, of course…

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