Literary awards and honors: November 11, 2025

Congratulations to the winners of these literary prizes across a variety of genres!

• First, the 2025 Booker Prize has gone to David Szalay for his novel Flesh (NPR).

• Szalay discusses the arduous process of writing this very unusual novel (The Guardian).

• And actress Sarah Jessica Parker discusses what it was like to serve on the Booker Prize judging panel (The New York Times).

• Sue Prideaux has won the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award for her book Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin (Literary Hub).

• Wish you could participate in a book award? You can vote in the first round of 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards through November 23 (Book Riot).