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The 13 books, with authors spanning Malaysia, Nigeria, Ireland, Canada, the US and the UK, explore universal and topical themes – from deeply moving personal dramas to tragicomic family sagas.

The shortlist will be announced on September 21.

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow’s book has been praised as a ‘poetic debut’ as Sir Salman Rushdie misses out on longlist

The 2023 Booker Prize, which honors an English long-form fiction published in the UK or Ireland, revealed its longlist of finalists on Tuesday. Chaired by novelist Esi Edugyan, the panel of judges meticulously assessed over 160 novels to handpick 13 titles, including four debut works.

A longlist of 13 books was revealed for Booker Prize 2023 on August 1, 2023. The longlist includes Indian-origin debut author Chetna Maroo for her nov

The Booker Prize recognizes the best in long fiction published in the U.K. and Ireland between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023

Kenya-born Maroos novel, set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu, has been praised by the Booker judges for its use of the sport of squash as a metaphor for complex human emotions.

The annual award recognizes the best original novel written in English and published in the U.K.

Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray have all made the 13-strong longlist for this year - meaning Ireland has produced the most nominees relative to population size.

It's a great day for the Irish, as Ireland's writers claim four of the 13 spots on the Booker Prize for Fiction's newly announced longlist.