2025 Booker Prize shortlist: Nearly two decades after winning the Booker Prize with The Inheritance of Loss , Kiran Desai is once again in contention. Her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny , has made it to the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist, a slate that reflects both the ambition and diversity of contemporary fiction. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

The judges — Ayọ̀bá mi Adébáyọ̀, Chris Power, Kiley Reid, Roddy Doyle and Sarah Jessica Parker — unveiled the six finalists at Fortnum & Mason in London. Alongside Desai, the list features Susan Choi ( Flashlight ), Katie Kitamura ( Audition ), Ben Markovits ( The Rest of Our Lives ), Andrew Miller ( The Land in Winter ), and David Szalay (Flesh).

For Indian readers, the headline is Desai’s return. The Indian-born autho

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