thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/the-best-short-books-novels-from-the-booker-prizes-library Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.
10 short Booker Prize books Public
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4 stars
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2022 116pp
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4 stars
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2024 136pp
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The bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (Everyman's library -- 247.)
4 stars
The Bookshop is a 1978 novel by the British author Penelope Fitzgerald. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 1978 120pp
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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
4 stars
By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, The Sense of an Ending extends a streak of extraordinary …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2011 150pp
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J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 1986 206pp
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The Vegetarian by Han Kang, HAN Kang
4 stars
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2016 192pp
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J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 1977 135pp
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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
4 stars
"A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2017 183pp. 2014 original in Spanish (Argentina).
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J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2022 152pp
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Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, Frances Riddle
4 stars
After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers says: 2022 173pp. Original 2007 in Spanish (Argentina).
