September 16, 2024, 2:18pm

Today, the Booker Prizes announced their 2024 shortlist: six books narrowed down from the “Booker’s Dozen” (otherwise known as the longlist of 13), chosen from a starting pool of 156 books written in English and published between October 2023 and September 2024. Shortlisters are awarded £2,500 and the winner will take home £50,000, on top of the resultant sales and bragging rights. This year, in case you were wondering, there are zero Pauls in the running.

Here’s the shortlist:

Percival Everett, James
Samantha Harvey, Orbital
Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
Anne Michaels, Held
Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep
Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional

This year’s judges are Edmund de Waal (Chair), Sara Collins, Justine Jordan, Yiyun Li, and Nitin Sawhney. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 12, in London.