Unabridged: Behind the Booker Prize with Kiley Reid
In this bonus episode, I chat with author Kiley Reid for the inside scoop on the Booker Prize, an annual literary award given to the best fiction book written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. As a 2025 judge—and the author of a 2020 Booker Prize–longlisted book—Kiley offers insider knowledge on everything from what makes a "Booker book" to the process of narrowing down the list from 153 titles to one winner.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Bookshop.org and Amazon.
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Center Stage (Nicholas Hytner, 2000)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Flesh by David Szalay
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Endling by Maria Reva
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
The Unveiling by Quan Barry
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
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