Sex And The City actress Sarah Jessica Parker has said finalising a shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize was “real agony” and that there was “nothing casual” about letting a book go. Meanwhile, three authors made their Booker Prize shortlist debut, including Susan Choi’s Flashlight, which follows 10-year old Louisa and her family in the aftermath of her father’s disappearance. In other words, they are all brilliantly written and they are all brilliantly human.”The Booker Prize 2025 ceremony will take place on Monday November 10 in London and will be broadcast in a special edition of BBC Radio 4’s arts programme, Front Row, at 9.30pm as well as livestreamed on the Booker Prize social channels. Last year, British author Samantha Harvey claimed the winning title and became the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Booker Prize 2025 shortlist