The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

17. Nominated For The Booker Prize

The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the “best novel written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.” This prompt is for any book that has been nominated for a Booker Prize. This may be the final winner, or a book that was shortlisted or longlisted from any year. You can find the nominees based on Prize Years here: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke....

The first Booker Prize was won in 1969. You may choose any nominee from any year. The book may or may not have ultimately gone on to win the Booker Prize for that year. Regardless of the fact that the Booker Prize is for the “best novel written in the English language,” you do not have to read your copy in English, your copy may have been translated into any language.

**Shortlist for the 2024 Booker Prize**
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...


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Real Life has been on my "to read" pile for a while now, a great excuse to start it in 2024! :-)

The Bee Sting, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Maus are both on my TBR list and were all Booker nominees

Does this prompt also include the Booker International Award?

NancyJ wrote: "Does this prompt also include the Booker International Award?"

It can if you want it to, but they seem to be two separate awards

I've been meaning to read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood for such a long time, this is the perfect time to do it :)

Not only nominated, but a winner:

Damon Galgut – The Promise

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Aquaria wrote: "Not only nominated, but a winner:

Damon Galgut – The Promise"

I have never heard of this book, thank you for the suggestion.

The handmaid's tale is an excellent choice! I'm going to re-read that for this prompt!

I'm planning on Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, unless I use it for Magic Realism.

Other options are Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, or Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault

I'm going to read No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.

I will read Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Edit:
I'm re-reading The Remains of the Day

Room --- Been on my paperback shelf YEARS

I’m going to try Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

I'm going to go for H.E Bates 'A Little of What you Fancy' (nominated 1970) for this one, was very pleased to see this on the page of nominees throughout the years.

I’m thinking of Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally since I own it.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Room --- Been on my paperback shelf YEARS"


Can I count this in the challenge if I've already read it? :)

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

I plan on reading My sister, the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

This Other Eden

My book choice is Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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I will be reading A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Testaments - Margaret Attwood

I've tried twice to read My Name is Lucy Barton, but it resides on my DNF shelf.

I purchased Such a Fun Age for a challenge I didn't finish a few years ago. I'm excited to finally read it.

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald - 1978 Booker Prize shortlist.

I plan on reading What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller

I'd totally recommend The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris.

Gabi wrote: "The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald - 1978 Booker Prize shortlist."

There is also a movie version that did a decent job with the book

So many good choices here! I'm going to read either The Inheritance of Loss or Possession

I read Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie for this prompt. It was excellent, I highly recommend it.

I read Trees by Percival Everett, it became confusing at times, but worth persisting.

I read The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. A 2022 Christmas present that had been in the tbr pile. My first book in the challenge.

What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
Did not like at all. I struggled finding a book that sounded interesting to me for this challenge, so I went with a shorter one I found. This one - and possibly The Booker Prize books themselves - just isn't for me.

I read My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

I have mixed feelings about this one but it was a fast read that I don't regret.

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

I read Life of Pi by Yann Martel. This is such an amazing novel!!! Warning though, for those who love animals as I do, you will cry so often!

I read The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, 3 Stars

I have Orchestra of Minorities on my shelf. Recently purchased too. So that may be the one unless I find a different one. =)

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Celina wrote: "I've tried twice to read My Name is Lucy Barton, but it resides on my DNF shelf.

I purchased Such a Fun Age for a challenge I didn't finish a few years ago. I'm excited to finally read it."

Uh-oh. I have a copy of My Name Is Lucy Barton sitting on my shelf and was planning to read that one!

I read Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, which was not only nominated but won. Gave it a 5.

I read Booth. It was nominated in 2022 and was 5 stars for me.

I had several choices that I wanted to read, but I had picked up a copy of The God of Small Things several years ago so I ended up reading that one. Not my favorite but I can tell why it won awards.

I read No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

I read Room by Emma Donoghue. 4 ⭐️ for an emotional read.

I have Such A Fun Age slotted for this one; I got it in a Blind Date with a Book event and haven’t read it yet, so this is perfect timing

For this prompt I read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.