The Sellout by Paul Beatty (US) (Oneworld)
Our Man Booker Prize winner, not to mention the winner of National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in the US, this biting satire on US racial politics has received much love and hype from readers.

The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee (South African-Australian) (Harvill Secker)

"When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins." So begins the latest book from Nobel-Prize winning and former Booker nominee Coetzee.

Serious Sweet by A.L. Kennedy (UK) (Jonathan Cape)

“A family sits on a Tube train. They are all in a row and taking the Piccadilly Line.” Thus starts Kennedy’s heartfelt tale of two people moving through London over 24 hours - and it’s a pure pleasure to read but may not have that killer edge.

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy (UK) (Hamish Hamilton)

Like Strout’s long-listed title, Hot Milk explores mother-daughter relationships and all the torment and joy that they can bring (urk). With a prose that is lush and poetic, it’s sometimes a tricky book to love but remains a must-read.

The winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize has been revealed