Andrew Miller is bookies' favourite to win 2025 Booker prize

"Andrew Miller is the bookmakers' favourite to win the 2025 Booker prize, which will be announced on Monday evening in London. The English author tops the William Hill odds at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England which follows two marriages struggling under the weight of postwar class divisions, professional dislocation and emotional estrangement. Miller was previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2001 for his novel Oxygen."

"Kiran Desai is Miller's closest rival at 2/1 for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, the Indian author's first novel in almost two decades. The nearly 700-page book traces the lives of two young Indians as they navigate life in the US around the turn of the millennium. It is Desai's third novel and her first since The Inheritance of Loss, which won her the Booker prize in 2006."

"Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has also seen a late surge in betting, with Flesh shortening to 9/4 from 4/1 in recent days. Set between Hungary and London, the novel charts one man's rags to riches story across several decades. The rest of the shortlist includes Susan Choi's Flashlight, a sprawling family saga; Katie Kitamura's psychological study Audition; and Ben Markovits's The Rest of Our Lives, a midlife road-trip novel. This year's Booker prize remains an open race ahead of Monday's announcement, with Andrew Miller edging Kiran Desai as the favourite at 6/4, said William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps."

Bookmakers currently list Andrew Miller as favourite to win the 2025 Booker Prize at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England about two marriages affected by postwar class divisions, professional dislocation and emotional estrangement. Kiran Desai follows at 2/1 for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a nearly 700-page novel tracing two young Indians in the US around the turn of the millennium. David Szalay's Flesh has shortened to 9/4 after a late betting surge. The shortlist also includes Susan Choi's Flashlight, Katie Kitamura's Audition and Ben Markovits's The Rest of Our Lives. The Booker Prize is awarded annually for the best original novel in English published in the UK and was founded in 1969.

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