First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is regarded as the leading award for high-quality literary fiction written in English.
This year marks a first for all six scribes who made the shortlist, which features two debut novels, Chetna Maroo's Western Lane and Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You.
The shortlisted titles are:
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The winner will be announced at a prize ceremony in London at Old Billingsgate on November 26.
