The 2022 Booker Prize shortlist has been announced. The Booker Prize recognises and celebrates single works of fiction published in the UK in English.

Six titles were shortlisted and were chose from a longlist of 13. Chosen novels had to be published in the UK or Ireland between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022. The winner will be announced on 17 October and will receive a prize of £50,000.

Check out the shortlist:

Glory (NoViolet Bulawayo, Viking)

The Trees (Percival Everett, Influx)

Treacle Walker (Alan Garner, Fourth Estate)

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka, Sort of Books)

Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan, Faber)

Oh William! (Elizabeth Strout, Viking).