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The Booker Prize 2025 judges, left to right, writer Chris Power, author Kiley Reid, 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, and Booker Prize-longlisted novelist Ayobami Adebayo, pose for a photo during the the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announcement event, held at Southbank Centre, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

LONDON – Booker Prize -winning Indian author Kiran Desai is a favorite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with her first novel in two decades.

“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is on a U.S.-dominated six-book shortlist announced Tuesday by a judging panel that includes Irish writer Roddy Doyle and actor Sarah Jessica Parker . The almo

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