Here are our finalists, announced today, across our U.S., Canada, and UK companies: Penguin Random House U.S.: AUTUMN by Ali Smith (Pantheon Hardcover & E-Book; Anchor Paperback) EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead Hardcover & E-Book; Penguin Audio download) LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders (Random House Hardcover & E-Book; Random House Audio) Penguin Random House Canada.: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster (McClelland & Stewart) AUTUMN by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton Canada) EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead edition distributed by Penguin Random House Canada) LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders (Penguin Random House Canada distribution of Random House edition) Penguin Random House UK: AUTUMN by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton UK ) EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton UK) Our congratulations to our Shortlist Finalists, as well as our Longlisted authors, and all among us who make their publication possible. First awarded in 1969, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is open to writers of any nationality, writing originally in English, and published in the U.K. The 2017 Prize will be bestowed at the Man Booker Dinner in London on Tuesday, October 17. The complete 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist:  http://themanbookerprize.com/

Here are the nine entries published by Penguin Random House U.S., Canada, and UK imprints:   AUTUMN by Ali Smith U.S.: Pantheon Hardcover & E-Book; Anchor Paperback Canada: Hamish Hamilton Canada UK: Hamish Hamilton UK DAYS WITHOUT END by Sebastian Barry U.S.: Viking Hardcover & E-Book; Penguin Paperback Canada: distributed Penguin Random House Canada EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid U.S.: Riverhead Hardcover & E-Book; Penguin Audio download Canada: distributed by Penguin Random House Canada UK: Hamish Hamilton UK HOME FIRE by Kamila Shamsie U.S.: Riverhead Hardcover & E-Book; Penguin Audio download Canada: distributed by Penguin Random House Canada LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders U.S.: Random House Hardcover & E-Book; Random House Audio Canada: Penguin Random House Canada distribution MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS by Arundhati Roy U.S.: Knopf Hardcover & E-Book; Random House Audio Canada: Hamish Hamilton Canada UK:  Hamish Hamilton UK SWING TIME by Zadie Smith U.S.: Penguin Press Hardcover & E-Book; Penguin Books Paperback; Penguin Audio Canada: Hamish Hamilton Canada UK: Hamish Hamilton UK THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead U.S.: Doubleday HC & E-Book; Random House Audio Canada: Penguin Random House Canada distribution Spain/Latin America: Literatura Random House/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Fall 2017 In addition, in Canada, 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster is published McClelland & Stewart. Penguin Random House Publishers Services distributes Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (Soho Press) in the U.S. and Canada. We heartily congratulate our semi-finalists and their publishers.  Fingers crossed for them to next join the Shortlist announced September 13.  The Prize will be awarded the evening of October 17. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality, writing originally in English and published in the UK.  The rules of the prize were changed at the end of 2013 to embrace the English language “in all its vigor, its vitality, its versatility and its glory,” opening the competition up to writers beyond the UK and Commonwealth. Here is the complete 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist: http://themanbookerprize.com/fiction