Booker prize 2024: The Booker Prize

The Booker Prize , one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English-speaking world, was awarded in November 2024 . Established in 1969, the prize is presented annually for a novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. It was originally created to encourage the reading of contemporary English fiction, in an Orbital is a novel about six astronauts in the International Space Station, observing Earth's beauty and fragility. It is the first Booker Prize -winning book set in space and the second-shortest book in the prize history. Source: HT Recently, British author Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize 2024 for her novel Orbital. Orbital is the first space book to win the Booker Prize . It explores Earth through the experiences of six astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), witnessing 16 sunrises and sunsets daily. The 2024 Booker Prize was won by Samantha Harvey for her sci-fi novel Orbital, the first novel set in space to win the award. The web page lists the nominees, the judging panel, and the references for the literary prize worth £50,000.