Which Bernardine Evaristo novel shared the 2019 Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood's The Testaments?

Bernardine Evaristo shared the 2019 Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood for Girl, Woman, Other.

Evaristo’s novel follows the lives and relationships of 12 mainly Black British women across different generations and social backgrounds. Its experimental structure moves between characters and uses a fluid, distinctive style that often minimizes conventional punctuation.

The 2019 prize was jointly awarded to Evaristo and Atwood, whose winning novel was The Testaments. The decision broke a rule introduced after the 1992 Booker tie, when judges had split the award between Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth. The 2019 judges deliberately chose consensus over enforcing the single-winner rule.

Evaristo’s victory was historic: she became the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize. The other listed titles were also 2019 shortlisted novels, which makes them plausible but incorrect alternatives.