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Which novel by David Szalay was awarded the Booker Prize in 2025?
Answer:
Flesh
David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel 'Flesh'. He had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2016 for 'All That Man Is'. 'Flesh' was praised by the judges for its visceral examination of human relationships.
2
Who is the author of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'James'?
Answer:
Percival Everett
Percival Everett won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'James'. The novel is a profound reimagining of Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', told from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim.
3
Which book won the Booker Prize in 2024, becoming the first novel set in space to win the award?
Answer:
Orbital
Samantha Harvey's 'Orbital' won the Booker Prize in 2024. It is a slim novel set over 24 hours aboard the International Space Station, following six astronauts as they observe Earth from above.
4
Jayne Anne Phillips received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for which novel set in a post-Civil War asylum?
Answer:
Night Watch
Jayne Anne Phillips won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'Night Watch'. The novel is set in the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia in the aftermath of the Civil War, exploring themes of memory and healing.
5
Barbara Kingsolver won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'Demon Copperhead', a modern retelling of which classic novel?
Answer:
David Copperfield
Barbara Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead', which co-won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield', set in the Appalachian mountains and dealing with the opioid crisis.
6
Which Irish author won the 2023 Booker Prize for the dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'?
Answer:
Paul Lynch
Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'. The novel depicts a mother's struggle to protect her family as Ireland descends into totalitarianism.
7
Hernan Diaz shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel about wealth and finance in 1920s New York. What is the title?
Answer:
Trust
Hernan Diaz co-won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'Trust'. The novel uses multiple competing narratives to explore the mysteries of a wealthy financier couple in 1920s New York.
8
Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for which novel featuring a dead war photographer?
Answer:
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'. The story follows a dead photographer in 1990s Sri Lanka who has seven moons (nights) to solve his own murder.
9
Which novel by Joshua Cohen won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer:
The Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for 'The Netanyahus'. Subtitled 'An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family', it blends history and fiction.
10
Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize for 'The Promise', which is set in which country?
Answer:
South Africa
Damon Galgut's 'The Promise' is set in South Africa. It follows the decline of a white family over several decades during the country's transition out of apartheid.
11
Who authored the 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Night Watchman'?
Answer:
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for 'The Night Watchman'. The novel is based on the life of her grandfather, who fought against the dispossession of Native American lands in the 1950s.
12
Douglas Stuart's debut novel won the 2020 Booker Prize. What is its title?
Answer:
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel 'Shuggie Bain'. Set in 1980s Glasgow, it tells the story of a young boy growing up with an alcoholic mother.
13
Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. For which two novels did he win?
Answer:
The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017 for 'The Underground Railroad' and again in 2020 for 'The Nickel Boys', making him one of the few authors to win the award twice.
14
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared the Booker Prize in 2019. Which book did Evaristo write?
Answer:
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize (jointly with Margaret Atwood) for 'Girl, Woman, Other'. It is a polyphonic novel following the lives of 12 primarily black, British women.
15
Margaret Atwood's 2019 Booker Prize-winning novel 'The Testaments' is a sequel to which earlier work?
Answer:
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' is the sequel to her 1985 classic 'The Handmaid's Tale'. It won the 2019 Booker Prize jointly with Bernardine Evaristo's 'Girl, Woman, Other'.
16
Richard Powers won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for which novel about trees and activism?
Answer:
The Overstory
Richard Powers won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for 'The Overstory'. The novel weaves together the stories of nine strangers who are summoned by trees to protect the last remaining virgin forests.
17
Anna Burns won the 2018 Booker Prize for 'Milkman'. The novel is notable for what stylistic choice?
Answer:
Characters are referred to by designations rather than names.
In 'Milkman', Anna Burns does not use proper names for her characters. Instead, they are referred to by descriptions such as 'middle sister', 'maybe-boyfriend', and 'the milkman'.
18
Which comedic novel by Andrew Sean Greer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer:
Less
Andrew Sean Greer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for 'Less'. The novel is a satire about a failed novelist who travels the world to avoid attending his ex-boyfriend's wedding.
19
George Saunders won the 2017 Booker Prize for his first novel, which features Abraham Lincoln. What is it called?
Answer:
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders won the 2017 Booker Prize for 'Lincoln in the Bardo'. The novel is set in the graveyard where Lincoln's young son, Willie, has just been interred.
20
Who is the author of 'The Sympathizer', which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer:
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for 'The Sympathizer'. It is a spy novel about a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent during the final days of the Vietnam War.
