Andrew Miller is the bookmakers’ favorite to win the 2025 Booker Prize, which will be announced on Monday night in London.
The English author tops the William Hill odds at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England which follows two marriages struggling under the weight of postwar class divisions, professional dislocation and emotional estrangement. Miller was previously shortlisted for the booker in 2001 for his novel oxygen.
Kihan Dei is Miller’s closest rival at 2/1 for the loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, the Indian author’s first novel in almost two decades. The nearly 700-page book traces the lives of two young Indians as they navigate life in the US at the turn of the Millennium. This is Dai’s third novel and first because of the legacy of loss, which won him the Booker prize, with Nani Feley, Peter Carey, Margaret atwood and Hilaret Merkel.
The Hungarian-British writer David Szaray also saw a late flow of bets, with a correction of the substance of 9/4 from recent days. Between Hungary and London, the novels chart a man’s glass of riches for many decades.
The rest of the shortlist includes Susan Choi’s flashlight, a flowing family Saga; Katie Kitamura’s Psychological Study Audition; and the rest of our lives, a midlife travel novel.
“This year’s Booker Prize remains an open race at Monday’s announcement, with Andrew Miller Edging Kihan Desai as the backed at 6/4,” said William Hill Champesperson Lee Phelps. “The 2006 winner DAI is just behind Miller land in the winter; we go 2/1 picking a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoop with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoop with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a first scoz with a year off season on the field on the field on the field with the purity of the field with many contenders.”
Established in 1969, the Booker Prize is awarded annually for the best original novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The winner receives £50,000, and the prize is renowned for improving the international profile and sales of its recipients.
Past winners include Salman Rushdie, Arunnhati Roy, Ian Mcewan and, most recently, Samantha Harvey, who took home the 2024 award for her space orbital.
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