The Booker Prize Book Club

It’s a prize that can change the course of a writer's career.

Each year a panel of five judges whittle down over 150 submissions into a longlist, then shortlist, finally selecting a winner for The Booker Prize – one of the most prestigious literature prizes in the world. 

Mere days before the announcement of the 2025 winner, sit down with literary aficionados ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf Kate Evans and writers Benjamin Law and Jacqueline Maley to dissect the shortlisted novels and predict the winner. Hosted by The Monthly editor Michael Williams. 

2025 Booker Prize Shortlist

Flashlight by Susan Choi
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Flesh by David Szalay