The shortlist for the 2020 Booker Prize has been announced!
Here are the six books listed on the shortlist:
- The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
- This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
- Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
- The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Chair of the 2020 judges, Margaret Busby, comments: “The best novels often prepare our societies for valuable conversations, and not just about the inequities and dilemmas of the world − whether in connection with climate change, forgotten communities, old age, racism, or revolution when necessary − but also about how magnificent the interior life of the mind, imagination and spirit is, in spite of circumstance. … It’s a wondrous and enriching variety of stories, and hugely exciting as well.”
The winner of the 2020 Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday 17 November. For more information on the Prize, see the website here.
