The Booker Prize revealed it's Longlist on July 29,2025, 13 books "all alive with great characters and narrative surprises." Congatulations to authors Claire Adam, Tash Aw, Natasha Brown, Jonathan Buckley, Susan Choi, Kiran Desai, Katie Kitamura, Ben Markovits, Andrew Miller, Maria Reva, David Szalay, Benjamin Wood, and Ledia Xhoga.

The longlist in full:

Love Forms by Claire Adam
The South by Tash Aw
Universality by Natasha Brown
One Boat by Jonathan Buckley
Flashlight by Susan Choi
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits (Not yet released in the US)
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Endling by Maria Reva
Flesh by David Szalay
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (not yet released in US)
Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga