Our annual experiment to find the best book of the year has given us six enjoyable novels – now we hand it over to you to select your favourite

Following a man who returns to his childhood home to care for his dying father, this comedic and painful novel is an unexpected delight

An imaginatively daring portrait of the loss of Shakespeare’s son is intensely felt, but at times rather preposterous

The story of an elderly man who takes on the care of his young great-nephew has some lovely moments but strains the reader’s credulity Not the Booker 2020 shortlist: read along with us!

This debut, following a Nigerian teenager sold into domestic slavery, contains linguistic exuberance and emotional heft

This action-packed dystopian drama following a group of neurodivergent teens is hugely popular. It is not for me, but that is part of its strength

This debut is a warm, if familiar, story about immigration and friendship in mid-20th century Britain

The addition of Akin, The Girl With the Louding Voice, and Hashim & Family means we now have six books on our shortlist – let’s get reading

After a fortnight of voting, here are the books that have made it to the 2020 shortlist – your opinions remain crucial!

You have put more than 210 novels in contention - now we need your learned opinions to winnow this down to a shortlist

This funny and transgressive novel about a secret society where women gorge on food, drugs and sex is the best on this year’s shortlist

A touching love story is not enough to redeem a novel that strains too hard to reflect the times

This fractured, disparate narrative can feel like a lecture from a stoner undergraduate - but it’s also a lot of fun

This intense study of endometriosis, its agonies and its neglect by medical science, is very powerful – and quite repetitive

A world in which any human contact risks death is a striking image of social atomisation, but it soon becomes preposterous