{"product_id":"booker-prize-shortlist-bundle-2025","title":"Booker Prize Shortlist Bundle £92 (RRP £103.96)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Booker Prize is the world’s most significant award for a work of fiction written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. This years shortlist is:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSusan Choi – \u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiran Desai – \u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatie Kitamura – \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBen Markovits – \u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndrew Miller – \u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Szalay – \u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container mb-seperator [ md:mb-seperator-md ] [ xl:mb-seperator-xl ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-y-8 [ lg:grid-cols-12 lg:gap-x-gutter-lg lg:gap-y-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-6 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-js-jumplinks-container=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--slice-content paragraph--view-mode--default mt-seperator paragraph--type--slice-content--left-aligned\" data-js-paragraph-type-slice-content=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-booker-grid | c-wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-full [ lg:col-span-6 ] lg:col-start-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a global readership and a life-changing increase in book sales. The winner of the Booker Prize also receives £50,000, with £2,500 awarded to each of the other shortlisted authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025 was announced on Tuesday, 23 September 2025, and the\u003cstrong\u003e announcement of the winning book  will take place on Monday, 10 November 2025 so get reading!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe're selling the bundle at £92.00.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most books are hardback, apart from The Land In Winter and The Rest of Our Lives which are paperback. Due to a surge in sales some titles may go to reprint and there may be a slight delay)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Booker Prize says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat are the shortlisted books about?\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncapsulating a range of international experiences, the six shortlisted books transport readers from Hungary to Japan, from Venice to New York, from India to England’s West Country, and feature often rootless characters far from the places they once called home.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/kiran-desai\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"e3720c2f-261b-4a65-8f6b-2f51cb78759b\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eKiran Desai\u003c\/a\u003e’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"e29a1887-5d33-4f65-b626-0a27e77b7418\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a globetrotting epic featuring a pair of young Indians whose paths cross and uncross over several years before they eventually fall in love.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/flesh\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"0caf4eee-7e08-4731-ae8e-739bfbbf34cb\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/david-szalay\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"086c307f-5560-49b0-b11d-14a7074973d9\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eDavid Szalay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– who was born in Canada and has lived in Lebanon, Belgium, Hungary and the UK – follows the course of one man’s rags-to-riches life, as he drifts passively from a housing estate in Central Europe to the mansions of London’s super-rich. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/the-rest-of-our-lives\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"f0d7ff27-0ca6-4f67-8c07-420c3414c0f5\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/ben-markovits\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5be85cf5-531a-4449-9e0a-415e8a728ea7\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eBen Markovits\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– who grew up in Texas, London and Berlin – features a midlife crisis in the form of a meandering road trip from Cape Cod to California.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/susan-choi\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"60a8ef57-813f-42cb-88d9-073054a178ac\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eSusan Choi\u003c\/a\u003e’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/flashlight\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"a580e082-fec3-4537-b2d5-d1554e97f8b4\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, which began life as a short story in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, features a man, having been raised in Japan by Korean parents, seeking a better life in America, and chronicles his wife and daughter’s pain in the aftermath of his mysterious disappearance.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/audition\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"58fb6a90-4294-4caa-a045-683be88bdc0b\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/katie-kitamura\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"024b865b-ba28-4c1f-a7e4-b4489c5c6545\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eKatie Kitamura\u003c\/a\u003e, the life of a successful New York-based actress is cleaved in two by the appearance of a young man who may or may not be who he says he is. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/andrew-miller\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"cb715193-7922-46a9-a8c1-dcbf30b2e5fe\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eAndrew Miller\u003c\/a\u003e’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/the-land-in-winter\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"2e8507e5-21cc-41a3-96df-ad0531c8d110\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, love turns cold for two married couples in post-War rural England. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough classical storytelling (\u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e) and jaw-dropping, head-scratching experimentation (\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e), these are books that delve deep into human behaviour and the scars that we all bear. Some books take place over the course of a few days or weeks (\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e); others over several decades (\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn unexpected and memorable ways, all feature characters navigating – and sometimes trapped in – familiar domestic situations. We find the power dynamic shifting between parents and their children (\u003cem\u003eAudition,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecouples whose marriages have come adrift (\u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e), men incapable of expressing emotion or processing past trauma (\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e), families collapsing under the weight of their own history (\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e), and individuals burdened by the roles others expect them to play (\u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e). Several books also explore the challenges of immigrant life (\u003cem\u003eFlashlight\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/em\u003e), with protagonists often caught between nations, finding it hard to fit in, and struggling with loneliness or isolation. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44620318539927,"sku":"","price":92.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/files\/BP25_shortlist_groupshot02_slice.jpg?v=1758707521","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/booker-prize-shortlist-bundle-2025","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}