The shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize has been announced. The nominees are:

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster (US) (Faber & Faber).

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (US) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson).

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistan-UK) (Hamish Hamilton).

Elmet by Fiona Mozley (UK) (JM Originals).

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (US) (Bloomsbury Publishing).

Autumn by Ali Smith (UK) (Hamish Hamilton).