Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: All the nominees

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy This year’s Booker Prize shortlist, described by the chair of judges as a collection of books that “speak powerfully about important things”, has been announced. The list, however, is not without its firsts, as the shortest book in the prize’s history – a 116-page “gem of a slim novel” titled Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan – has been recognised alongside the prize’s oldest author to be shortlisted: Alan Garner, for his novel Treacle Walker. Chair of judges Neil MacGregor said the six books were chosen because: “In every one, the author uses language not only to tell us what happens, but to create a world which we, outsiders, can enter and inhabit.” As such, it’s clear the shortlisted books will serve as they should – as a means to transport us from the here and now, and provide us with a way of discovering a full range of different perspectives, cultures, characters and events. In honour of this year’s announcement, we’ve taken a look at the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist.