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- Alan Garner's Treacle Walker is the betting favourite for the Booker Prize award at 5/1
- Full list of odds for the Booker Prize includes Elizabeth Strout's Oh William! at 6/1
- The six main nominees for the Booker Prize are set to be announced next week
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker is the betting favourite for the Booker Prize award at 5/1
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker is now the 5/1 favourite with betting sites to win the 2022 Booker Prize Award.
Walker's booked has received massive critical acclaim with one report in the Guardian calling it the "book of a lifetime".
Maddie Mortimer's Maps of our Spectacular Bodies is joint favourite at 5/1 with some betting sites.
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout is just behind in the betting market with Bet365 at 6/1, with 13 candidates in the odds.
Those 13 candidates will be whittled down to just 6 nominees next week on the 6th September.
Full list of odds for the Booker Prize includes Elizabeth Strout's Oh William! at 6/1
The Booker Prize award sees 13 different candidates in the longlist for one of the most prestigious awards in literature.
The award has been handed out since 1969 and is for the best novel of the year written in English.
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker has been favourite for the award ever since the nominees were announced.
Booker Prize Odds
| Author | Title | Betting Odds | Bookmakers Percentage Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Garner | Treacle Walker | 4.0 or 3/1 | 25% |
| Elizabeth Strout | Oh William! | 4.5 or 7/2 | 22.22% |
| NoViolet Bulawayo | Glory | 4.5 or 7/2 | 22.22% |
| Shehan Karunatilaka (Winner) | The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | 6.0 or 5/1 | 16.67% |
| Claire Keegan | Small Things Like These | 6.0 or 5/1 | 16.67% |
| Percival Everett | The Trees | 6.5 or 11/2 | 15.38% |
The six main nominees for the Booker Prize are set to be announced next week
A £50,000 reward is given to whoever the author is who wins the Booker Prize award alongside the mark of distinction for having a Booker Prize winning novel.
