First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The winner of the prize will receive £50,000 and each shortlisted author will receive £2,500. The shortlist will be announced September 6th and the winner will be announced in a ceremony held in London on October 17th. — The Booker Prizes (@TheBookerPrizes) July 26, 2022 Trust by Hernan Diaz The Trees by Percival Everett Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Treacle Walker by Alan Garner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shahan Karunatilaka Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet The Colony by Audrey Magee Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley After Sappho by Selby Lynn Schwartz Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout The panel of judges for this year’s award include writer and cultural historian Neil MacGregor, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari, historian Helen Castor, writer and critic M. John Harrison, and writer Alain Mabanckou. Check out more of Book Riot’s coverage of the Booker Prize.
