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The history of the Booker Prize is one of discovery — of writers finding readers they never expected, and readers finding voices that speak directly to their own lives. The decision to make longlist extracts available online continues this tradition in the digital age.
Consider the impact of a single extract. A paragraph might introduce a character whose struggles echo our own. A single sentence might reveal a truth we had long suspected but never articulated. These are the sparks that ignite the reader’s imagination and lead them to seek out the full novel.
This year’s longlist, with its remarkable breadth of settings and themes, offers extracts that are as varied as the books themselves. From rural landscapes to urban margins, from speculative futures to intimate family dramas, the extracts form a mosaic of contemporary storytelling.
The Booker Prize is not only celebrating authors; it is also offering readers a gift — the gift of first encounters.
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