Booker Prize shortlist has been announced, with the largest number of women represented in its 55-year history. Five of the six-strong shortlist are women, with authors from five countries represented,

Here, a guide to the six books on the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist:

The shortlist, revealed during an event in London, also includes Yael van der Wouden’s “ The Safekeep ,” an erotically-charged novel about a Dutch woman who unexpectedly falls for her brother’s girlfriend, and Samantha Harvey’s “ Orbital ,” about six astronauts circling the earth on a space station.