The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist includes three books of genre interest, titles shown in boldface.

• NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory (Viking)
• Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These (Grove Press)
• Alan Garner, Treacle Walker (4th Estate, HarperCollins)
• Percival Everett, The Trees (Graywolf Press)
• Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Sort Of Books)
• Elizabeth Strout, Oh William! (Random House)

The winner will be announced on October 17.