Booker Prize shortlist choice was agony, says Sarah Jessica Parker8 hours ago Share Save Ian Youngs Culture reporter Share SaveNeo Gilder/Booker Prize Foundation The Booker Prize judges (left-right): Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid, Chris Power, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Sarah Jessica ParkerActress Sarah Jessica Parker has said she and the other judges of this year's Booker Prize had "real agony" deciding which novels to include on the shortlist, but taking part in the process has been a "privilege". The shortlist includes Indian-born author Kiran Desai, 19 years after she won the prize, as well as past nominees Andrew Miller and David Szalay. Booker Prize 2025 shortlist:Yuki Sugiura/Booker Prize FoundationSusan Choi - Flashlight Choi's sixth novel starts with a 10-year-old girl taking a walk on a beach with her father, then waking up alone on the shore, with her dad presumed drowned. Kiran Desai - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Desai won the Booker for The Inheritance of Loss in 2006, and is back with its long-awaited follow-up. EPA Samantha Harvey won last year's Booker Prize for Orbital