Booker Prize 2025 winnaar shortlist & longlist. Welk boek wint de Booker Prize 2025? Wat zijn de romans die op de shortlist van de prestigieuze prijs staan? Welke romans zijn door de jury gekozen voor de longlist van de Booker Prize 2025?
Booker Prize 2025 winnaar en longlist
Dit is de overzichtspagina van de meest prestigieuze literaire prijs van Engeland, The Booker Prize, voor de beste Engelstalige roman die verschijnen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Ierland tussen 1 oktober 2024 en 30 september 2025. Zowel de winnaar, als de shortlist en de longlist zijn opgenomen. Links verwijzen naar uitgebreide informatie over de romans en bestelmogelijkheden.
Winnaar van de Booker Prize 2025
Zodra de winnende roman en auteur bekend zijn, lees je er hier uitgebreide informatie over. Op maandag 10 november 2025 wordt tijdens een speciale bijeenkomst in Old Billingsgate in Londen maakt de jury bekend welke roman en auteur de Booker Prize 2025 wint en naast de eer de prijs van £ 50,000 in ontvangst mag nemen.
David Szalay (Engeland, Hongarije) – Flesh
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
Nederlandse vertaling: Het vlees
Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman close to his mother’s age – as his only companion…lees verder >
Booker Prize 2025 shortlist
Zodra de shortlist bekend is gemaakt, lees je hier uitgebreide informatie over de boeken die gekozen zijn door de jury. De shortlist die zes boeken bevat wordt op maandag 23 september 2025 bekend gemaakt.
Susan Choi (Verenigde Staten) – Flashlight
Amerikaanse roman
Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the summer in a coastal Japanese town while her father Serk, a Korean émigré, completes an academic secondment from his American university. When Louisa wakes hours later, she has washed up on the beach and her father is missing, probably drowned…lees verder >
Kiran Desai (India) – The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Indiase roman
Uitgever: Hamish Hamilton
Nederlandse vertaling: De eenzaamheid van Sonia en Sunny
A sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas…lees verder >
Katie Kitamura (Verenigde Staten) – Audition
Amerikaanse roman
Uitgever: Fern Press
Nederlandse vertaling: Auditie
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young – young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him?…lees verder >
Ben Markovits (Engeland) – The Rest of Our Lives
familieroman
Uitgever: Faber & Faber
When Tom’s wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend…lees verder >
Andrew Miller (Engeland) – The Land in Winter
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Sceptre
December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore…lees verder >
David Szalay (Engeland, Hongarije) – Flesh
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
Nederlandse vertaling: Het vlees
Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman close to his mother’s age – as his only companion…lees verder >
Booker Prize 2025 longlist
Op dinsdag 29 juli 2025 is de longlist bekend gemaakt. De lijst bevat 13 romans en fictie boeken.
Claire Adam (Trinidad en Tobago) – Love Forms
Trinidadaanse roman
Uitgever: Faber & Faber
In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award–winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago…lees verder >
Tash Aw (Singapore) – The South
Singaporese roman
Uitgever: 4th Estate
Nederlandse vertaling: Het zuiden
A radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer – about family, desire, and what we inherit…lees verder >
Natasha Brown (Engeland) – Universality
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Faber & Faber
Nederlandse vertaling: Universeel
Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, a man is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar. A plucky young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an amoral banker landlord, an iconoclastic columnist, and a radical anarchist movement…lees verder >
Jonathan Buckley (Engeland) – One Boat
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Fitzcarraldo Editions
On losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast – the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. Artfully constructed, absorbing and insightful, One Boat is a brilliant novel grappling with questions of identity, free will, guilt and responsibility…lees verder >
Susan Choi (Verenigde Staten) – Flashlight
Amerikaanse roman
Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the summer in a coastal Japanese town while her father Serk, a Korean émigré, completes an academic secondment from his American university. When Louisa wakes hours later, she has washed up on the beach and her father is missing, probably drowned…lees verder >
Kiran Desai (India) – The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Indiase roman
Uitgever: Hamish Hamilton
Nederlandse vertaling: De eenzaamheid van Sonia en Sunny
A sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas…lees verder >
Katie Kitamura (Verenigde Staten) – Audition
Amerikaanse roman
Uitgever: Fern Press
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young – young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him?…lees verder >
Ben Markovits (Engeland) – The Rest of Our Lives
familieroman
Uitgever: Faber & Faber
When Tom’s wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend…lees verder >
Andrew Miller (Engeland) – The Land in Winter
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Sceptre
December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore…lees verder >
Maria Reva (Canada, Oekraïne) – Endling
Canadese roman over Oekraïne
Uitgever: Virago
Nederlandse vertaling: Laatsteling
Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness…lees verder >
David Szalay (Engeland, Hongarije) – Flesh
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
Nederlandse vertaling: Het vlees
Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman close to his mother’s age – as his only companion…lees verder >
Benjamin Wood (Engeland) – Seascraper
Engelse roman
Uitgever: Viking
Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach to scrape for shrimp; spending the rest of the day selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street and rehearsing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but it remains a private dream…lees verder >
Ledia Xhoga (Albanië) – Misinterpretation
Engelstalige Albanese roman
Uitgever: Daunt Books
In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ struggles: Alfred’s nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan…lees verder >
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