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Booker Prize 2025: Miller Leads, Desai Follows

11/10/2025

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Andrew Miller (author) is favored at 6/4 to win the 2025 Booker Prize for The Land in Winter, set in 1960s England.
Kiran Desai (author) is at 2/1 for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, her first novel in nearly two decades.
The winner will be announced in London on Monday from six finalists, with Roddy Doyle and Sarah Jessica Parker on the panel.

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Andrew Miller (author) is favored at 6/4 to win the 2025 Booker Prize for The Land in Winter, set in 1960s England.
Kiran Desai (author) is at 2/1 for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, her first novel in nearly two decades.
The winner will be announced in London on Monday from six finalists, with Roddy Doyle and Sarah Jessica Parker on the panel.