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Douglas Stuart wins the 2020 Booker Prize

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"Sorry, I'm absolutely stunned"

Watch the moment Douglas Stuart found out he was the 2020 Booker Prize winner

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Our favourite books

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The 2020 Booker Prize

Avni Doshi: Burnt Sugar

The shortlistee reads from her novel, a love story about betrayal between a mother and daughter

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Brandon Taylor: Real Life

The shortlistee reads from his novel, a study of belonging, desire, grief and overcoming pain

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Diane Cook: The New Wilderness

The shortlistee reads from her novel about a mother’s battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change

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Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain

The shortlistee reads from his novel examining the unsinkable love between a child and flawed parent

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Maaza Mengiste: The Shadow King

The shortlistee reads from her novel exploring what it means to be a woman at war

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Tsitsi Dangarembga: This Mournable Body

The shortlisted author reads from her novel about a young girl's hope for the future colliding with her daily reality

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The Novels That Shaped Our World

10 political novels to challenge your views

Stories about the ideas, people and power struggles that shaped worlds

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels about crime and conflict

The impact of war, violence and struggle unite these choices

Novels that shaped our world

10 tales of family and friendship

The good, the bad and the ugly side of our relationships

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels that broke the mould

The characters who break rules and challenge our perceptions of life itself

Novels that shaped our world

10 classic novels about the joy and jeopardy of youth

Exploring the characters growing up and finding their way in the world

Novels that shaped our world

100 Novels That Shaped Our World

Explore the list of 100 novels whose stories have the power to change us

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Brilliant books programmes on BBC iPlayer

The Big Scottish Book Club

Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry

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Plague Fiction

In light of Covid-19, Professor Laura Ashe looks back at the literature on the Plague

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Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall

Delving into her past and present, intertwining the themes of the Wolf Hall trilogy with stories from her own life

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Novels That Shaped Our World

Finding your story

Ten remarkable novels about identity: Pick one and dive in to the conversation

Novels That Shaped Our World

How many have you read?

After a passionate debate, our expert panel picked these 100 novels

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'I was being told I wasn’t going to be around for very much longer'

During dark days Syima Aslam found comfort in the idea of sharing The Chronicles of Narnia with her daughter

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Audiobooks On Radio 4

The Haunting Of Alma Fielding By Kate Summerscale

Ghost hunter Nandor Fodor sets out to unravel the mystery of the haunting of Alma Fielding in 1930s London

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My Sister The Serial Killer By Oyinkan Braithwaite

Korede's sister has a habit of killing her boyfriend's

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Love By Roddy Doyle

Two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night

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Novels On Screen

A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth's coming of age novel adapted by Andrew Davies

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His Dark Materials

The beginning of Philip Pullman's tale of adventure across parallel worlds

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Noughts + Crosses

Malorie Blackman's dystopian novels explore politics, power and protest

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Classic Audiobooks On BBC Sounds

Pride And Prejudice

Jane Austen's exploration of love and manners

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Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams story about identity, independence and carving your own path

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Orlando

Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine

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