Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for space-themed novel Orbital

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel *Orbital*, making it the first space-themed book to receive the award. She is the first woman to win since 2019. *Orbital* follows astronauts on the International Space Station over 24 hours and is the best-selling book on this year's shortlist. It has outsold the last three Booker winners combined and is the second-shortest winner at 136 pages. Other nominees included Anne Michaels and Percival Everett, whose work was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film *American Fiction*. The longlist featured authors like Colin Barrett, Rita Bullwinkel, and Hisham Matar.