It’s time for our Booker Prize 2025 finale predictions! The Bookies sit down to rank all six shortlisted books, share their personal winner picks, and look at the bookies’ odds to see who the experts think will take home this year’s prize.

We’re also joined (in spirit!) by some returning friends of the podcast:
📚 @bobthebookerer
📖 @dymphnaflynn
📘 @afewofchifavoritethings
💡 Plus, Maddi from @bookswithmaddi shares her Audition theory!

📚 The 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist

Here’s the full shortlist, in the order we covered them on the podcast:

1️⃣ Audition by Katie Kitamura — Fern Press
 🎧 Listen to our episode on Audition
 💬 Featured Bookie: @bobthebookerer

2️⃣ The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller — Sceptre
 🎧 Listen to our episode on The Land in Winter

3️⃣ Flashlight by Susan Choi — Jonathan Cape
 🎧 Listen to our episode on Flashlight
 📱 Aaron hasn’t read this one yet, but will be posting his reaction on social media before the winner is announced.

4️⃣ The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits — Faber
 🎧 Listen to our episode on The Rest of Our Lives
 💬 Featured Bookie: @dymphnaflynn

5️⃣ Flesh by David Szalay — Jonathan Cape
 🎧 Listen to our episode on Flesh

6️⃣ The Loneliness of Sonia & Sunny by Kiran Desai — Hamish Hamilton
 🎧 Listen to our episode on The Loneliness of Sonia & Sunny
 📖 Colin hasn’t yet read this one.

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The winner is announced on Monday, and we want to hear your thoughts!
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