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Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, the first space-themed book to receive the honor. The novel, which follows astronauts aboard the International Space Station, has become the UK’s best-selling book on the shortlist, surpassing the last three Booker winners combined. Harvey, the first woman to win since 2019, will receive £50,000.

Other works by Samatha Harvey

• The Wilderness
• All is Song
• Dear Thief
• The Western Wind
• The Shapeless Unease (only Non-Fiction)