Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw

‘Most of the longlisted writers have already had sustained careers’ … the Booker prize longlist books. Photograph: Yuki Sugiura/Booker Prize Foundation

Kiran Desai, Tash Aw and David Szalay are among the authors nominated for the 2025 Booker prize, on a longlist that features writers from nine different nationalities – the most global list for a decade.

The judging panel, which this year includes Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker alongside Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and chair of judges Roddy Doyle, also chose books by Katie Kitamura, Andrew Miller, Ben Markovits and Jonathan Buckley as part of their “Booker dozen” longlist of 13 titles.