The 2023 Booker Prize
Explore the stories behind the Booker Prize winning years below.
Winner of the Booker Prize 2023
The 2023 Booker Prize shortlist
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
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Western Lane
- By: Chetna Maroo
- Narrated by: Maya Saroya
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A delicate and powerful first novel
- By Rachel Redford on 24-05-23
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Western Lane
- Narrated by: Maya Saroya
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 16-02-23
- Language: English
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In Ascension
- By: Martin MacInnes
- Narrated by: Freya Miller
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 54
Enchanted by the marine world of her childhood, Leigh excels in postgraduate research on ancient algae. When an unfathomable vent appears in the mid-Atlantic floor, Leigh joins the investigating team; what she finds there will change her life forever....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Comparisons to Contact
- By Paul Glendenning on 17-05-23
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In Ascension
- Narrated by: Freya Miller
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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All the Little Bird-Hearts
- By: Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
An unforgettable literary debut exploring motherhood, vulnerability, and the way the world closes ranks against those it considers to be different....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A most touching and enjoyable read
- By Purple Dragon on 23-08-23
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All the Little Bird-Hearts
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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Pearl
- By: Siân Hughes
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and tender
- By Heather Nesom on 27-12-23
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Pearl
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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How to Build a Boat
- AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
- By: Elaine Feeney
- Narrated by: Ciaran O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Story about life and growth
- By Jonathan Old on 11-03-24
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How to Build a Boat
- AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
- Narrated by: Ciaran O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 20-04-23
- Language: English
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If I Survive You
- By: Jonathan Escoffery
- Narrated by: Torian Brackett
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 30
A major debut, blazing with style and heart, If I Survive You follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Different
- By David M on 05-09-23
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If I Survive You
- Narrated by: Torian Brackett
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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Old God's Time
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 293
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4 out of 5 stars 268
Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door...
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for me
- By Mickey Mc on 09-03-23
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Old God's Time
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-02-23
- Language: English
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A Spell of Good Things
- By: Ayobami Adebayo
- Narrated by: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Ayobami Adebayo unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption....
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3 out of 5 stars
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This story could have been better.
- By Jolafab on 12-03-23
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A Spell of Good Things
- Narrated by: Ore Apampa, Babajide Oyekunle
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-02-23
- Language: English
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The House of Doors
- By: Tan Twan Eng
- Narrated by: David Oakes, Louise-Mai Newberry
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nothing like the previous two
- By Jay Acharya on 03-06-23
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The House of Doors
- Narrated by: David Oakes, Louise-Mai Newberry
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-05-23
- Language: English
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The Bee Sting
- By: Paul Murray
- Narrated by: Heather O’Sullivan, Barry Fitzgerald, Beau Holland, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 915
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 878
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 879
A tour de force new novel about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is (maybe) ending....
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4 out of 5 stars
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26 hours of brilliant storytelling, but such a disappointing ending
- By Zoe Burns on 07-08-23
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The Bee Sting
- Narrated by: Heather O’Sullivan, Barry Fitzgerald, Beau Holland, Ciaran O'Brien, Lisa Caruccio Came
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: English
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This Other Eden
- By: Paul Harding
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
Set at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful, disturbing novel
- By eGJ on 26-08-23
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This Other Eden
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: English
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Prophet Song
- By: Paul Lynch
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 946
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 909
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 909
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Was I glad it ended
- By Kilian on 15-11-23
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Prophet Song
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-09-23
- Language: English
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Study for Obedience
- By: Sarah Bernstein
- Narrated by: Sarah Bernstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story3 out of 5 stars 20
A powerful, compressed masterwork for fans of Shirley Jackson and Claire-Louise Bennett. A woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote...
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2 out of 5 stars
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A weak narrative
- By Jess on 11-10-23
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Study for Obedience
- Narrated by: Sarah Bernstein
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- Language: English
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