The Booker Prize 2019

The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland..

The six books on this year's shortlist are:

Margaret Atwood The Testaments 

Lucy Ellmann Ducks, Newburyport 

Bernardine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other 

Chigozie Obioma An Orchestra of Minorities

Salman Rushdie Quichotte

Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

The winner of the year's Man Booker Prize will be announced on Monday the 14th October.

Previous Man Booker Prize winners and shortlisted titles are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.