Established in 1969, The Booker Prize is the one of the world’s most influential prizes for a single work of fiction. Six books are shortlisted from a longlist each year by a panel of expert judges. The winner, who will receive £50,000, is announced in November.
The 2025 winner was David Szalay with his novel Flesh. Click on the 2025 tab to view this year's shortlisted books and to check their availability in DCU Library.
During November 2025 you can borrow the books from the Booker Prize stand on the ground floor of O'Reilly Library and Cregan Library. From December you'll find the available titles on the shelves.
For more information about how to find a print book in the library, watch our Locating books on the shelf video.
Where a title is listed as an ebook just click on the title link to access the book and start reading. To learn more, watch our video about finding and accessing ebooks.
Pictured: Booker Prize winner 2025 David Szalay with Flesh. Picture credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Click on the tabs above to view the winning and shortlisted Booker Prize titles all the way back to 2010. Just click on the title or book cover to check its location and availability in our libraries, borrow the title and get reading! For a full list of titles shortlisted since 1969 visit The Booker Prize website.