The longlist has been selected by the 2025 judging panel, consisting of Roddy Doyle, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Power, and Kiley Reid. These 13 books were chosen from 150+ submissions of long-form fiction, written in English, and published in the UK or Ireland between 1 Oct 2024 and 30 Sept 2025.