The winner of the 2023 Booker Prize will be announced this morning - with the ceremony in London starting at 10am.
From a civil war in Ireland, to the son of Jamaican immigrants in Miami and a remote island off the coast of Maine, the contenders span topics, locations and style.
RNZ's Jeremy Rees took on the daunting task of reading all the finalists - he spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
