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The Ledger

What moves the price of a book

A ledger is a bound book of prices, and this one is ours. When a book makes the news, by winning a prize, reaching the screen or going out of print, we look at what it costs before and after, and work out why.

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Price before prize: the Booker 2026 shortlist

What the six novels on the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist cost before the winner is named on 9 November, and what the win does to the price.

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