The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2024 has been announced, and the literary world is gleeful with the announcements and nominations. For the first time since its inception, the Booker Prize shortlist has 5 women authors in the nomination and one male author, which is being hailed by social media as the ‘Time for women to rule!’ This year, the 6 books shortlisted for Booker Prize are - ‘James’ by Percival Everett ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey ‘Creation Lake’ by Rachel Kushner ‘Held’ by Anne Michaels ‘The Safekeep’ by Yael van der Wouden ‘Stone Yard Devotional’ by Charlotte Wood The winner for this year will be announced on November 12, 2024. What did the judges say? This year, a 5 judge panel was put in place to make the decision regarding the shortlist.
The jury members are - Artist and author Edmund de Waal; award-winning novelist Sara Collins; Fiction Editor of the Guardian, Justine Jordan; world-renowned writer and professor Yiyun Li; and musician, composer and producer Nitin Sawhney. About ‘James by Percival Everett’, the Jury said “A powerful, genre-defying, revisionist exploration of slavery, identity and the pursuit of freedom that subverts all expectations and further establishes Percival Everett as a masterful storyteller.” About ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey, the Jury said “This brief yet miraculously expansive novel covers a 24-hour period in the lives of six astronauts aboard the International Space Station as they observe .