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flag Sarah Jessica Parker and judges narrowed 13 longlisted books to six finalists for the 2025 Booker Prize, praising their emotional depth and global diversity.

flag Sarah Jessica Parker, a judge for the 2025 Booker Prize, called selecting the shortlist a deeply emotional and agonizing process, emphasizing the difficulty of narrowing down 13 longlisted books to six. flag The shortlist features authors from the UK, India, and the US, including established writers and debut novelists, exploring themes of family, identity, and personal transformation across diverse global settings and time periods. flag Parker and the panel, led by 1993 winner Roddy Doyle and including Ayobami Adebayo, Chris Power, and Kiley Reid, expressed deep respect for the manuscripts, highlighting the privilege of reading unpublished works and the high literary quality of the finalists. flag Doyle praised the shortlisted books as “brilliantly human,” noting their emotional depth and mastery of storytelling.

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