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Penguin Random House Dominates Booker List

by | Aug 1, 2024 | News

Penguin Random House dominates the 13 titles that make up the Booker dozen just announced.  PRH has six titles on the list, and of those six, five are from Jonathan Cape.

The list is a blow to HarperCollins which does not feature on the list.

 The winner of the £50,000 prize will be announced in London on 12 November.

 

The list is as follows:

Author Nationality Title UK and/or Irish Publisher, Imprint
Colin Barrett Irish Wild Houses Penguin Random House / Jonathan Cape
Rita Bullwinkel American Headshot Daunt Originals
Percival Everett American James Pan Macmillan / Mantle
Samantha Harvey British Orbital Penguin Random House / Jonathan Cape
Rachel Kushner American Creation Lake Penguin Random House / Jonathan Cape
Hisham Matar British-Libyan My Friends Penguin Random House / Viking
Claire Messud Canadian-American This Strange Eventful History Hachette / Little, Brown / Fleet
Anne Michaels Canadian Held Bloomsbury Publishing
Tommy Orange American Wandering Stars Penguin Random House / Harvill Secker
Sarah Perry British Enlightenment Penguin Random House / Jonathan Cape
Richard Powers American Playground Penguin Random House / Hutchinson Heinemann
Yael van der Wouden Dutch The Safekeep Penguin Random House / Viking
Charlotte Wood Australian Stone Yard Devotional Hachette / Hodder & Stoughton / Sceptre

 

 

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