Finalists for 2024 Booker Prize
The Booker Prize award prior to the dinner Tuesday in London. Below are this year's finalists for the award.
Percival Everett arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner Tuesday in London. Bookies favored the American author to win with his novel "James," which reimagines Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" from the point of view of its main Black character, the enslaved man Jim.
Samantha Harvey arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner Tuesday in London.
Yael Van Der Wouden arrives Tuesday at the Booker Prize award dinner in London. With her novel "The Safekeep," she is the first Dutch author to be shortlisted for the award.
Rachel Kushner arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner Tuesday in London. The American writer was shortlisted with her spy story "Creation Lake."
Charlotte Wood arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner Tuesday in London, with her Australian saga "Stone Yard Devotional."
Anne Michaels arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner Tuesday in London. The Canadian's poetic novel "Held" was shortlisted for the prize.
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Harvey beat five other finalists from Canada, the U.S., Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers.
