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The Booker prize 2022: watch shortlist readings by Jarvis Cocker, Sharon Horgan and more

Star names read from the 2022 Booker prize shortlist.
Star names read from the 2022 Booker prize shortlist. Photograph: Booker prize 2022

On 17 October, the winner will be announced for this year’s Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious prize for long-form fiction. Ahead of the announcement, you can watch video readings from each shortlisted title below. The excerpts are read by a variety of performers – from TV star David Harewood and actor and writer Prasanna Puwanarajah to musician Jarvis Cocker and actor and writer Sharon Horgan. The films have been directed by Kevin Thomas, and produced by Mermade, the digital sister company to Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman.

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David Harewood reads The Trees by Percival Everett


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Anna Friel reads Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

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Jarvis Cocker reads Treacle Walker by Alan Garner

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Nikki Amuka-Bird reads Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

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Prasanna Puwanarajah reads The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

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Sharon Horgan reads Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

• To find out more about the 2022 Booker prize, go to thebookerprizes.com

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