2020 Booker Prize

The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020.[1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July,[2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September.[3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000.[4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to James Kelman for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994.[5]

Judging panel

Nominees (shortlist)
Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Diane Cook The New Wilderness United States Oneworld Publications
Tsitsi Dangarembga This Mournable Body Zimbabwe Faber & Faber
Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar United States Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House
Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King Ethiopia / United States Canongate Books
Brandon Taylor Real Life Novel United States Originals / Daunt Books Publishing
Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain United Kingdom/United States Picador / Pan Macmillan

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Nominees (longlist)
Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Diane Cook The New Wilderness United States Oneworld Publications
Tsitsi Dangarembga This Mournable Body Zimbabwe Faber & Faber
Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar United States Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House
Gabriel Krauze Who They Was United Kingdom 4th Estate HarperCollins
Hilary Mantel The Mirror and the Light Novel United Kingdom 4th Estate HarperCollins
Colum McCann Apeirogon Novel Ireland / United States Bloomsbury Publishing
Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King Ethiopia / United States Canongate Books
Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age United States Bloomsbury Circus / Bloomsbury Publishing
Brandon Taylor Real Life Novel United States Originals / Daunt Books Publishing
Anne Tyler Redhead by the Side of the Road Novel United States Chatto & Windus / Vintage
Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain United Kingdom/United States Picador Pan Macmillan
Sophie Ward Love and Other Thought Experiments United Kingdom Corsair, Little, Brown
C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold United States Virago, Little, Brown

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See also

References
  1. Alter, Alexandra (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. "Booker Prize 2020: Hilary Mantel makes longlist". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Booker Prize 2020: Four debuts make shortlist as Hilary Mantel misses out". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. Duffy, Judith (15 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain could be second Scottish book to win Booker prize". The National. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. The 2020 Shortlist The Booker Prize
  7. The 2020 Longlist The Booker Prize
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