The UK author The Booker Prize for the year 2024, for her novel Orbital. The book is a story about six astronauts abroad the International Space Station rotating the Earth. Travelling at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour they observe the passages of weather across the fragility of borders and time zones. Written in lyrical language, Harvey brilliantly portrays snippets of each of the six individual life and the frailties of life on Earth.
"The Seven Moons of Maali Ameida" by Shehan Karunatilaka is a novel that intricately intertwines personal narratives with broader historical and cultural contexts. The titular character, Maali Ameida, serves as the central axis around which the story revolves. Her life is divided into seven distinct phases, or "moons," each representing a pivotal period in her journey.
"Something to Answer For," the first winner of the Booker Prize in 1969, is an intricate and subtly layered novel by P.H. Newby. Set against the backdrop of the 1956 Suez Crisis, the book explores themes of identity, colonialism, and moral ambiguity through the experiences of its protagonist, Townrow.
The internationally acclaimed Irish writer won the most prized award in the book world - The Booker Prize, for 2023, for his novel Prophet Song.