Booker

British fiction award

Booker appears most often as a surname, notably associated with Booker T.

Washington, the influential African American educator, and with the Booker Prize, Britain's prestigious literary award for fiction.

It also serves as a given name. (Lowercase booker is someone who arranges bookings or takes bets.)

prize

literary

Of written works

shortlist · winner · novel · prestigious · British · manuscript · publisher · author

surname

Washington

U.S. seat of government

African American · leader · reformer · activist

Categories
Opposites
literary prestige/recognition

Bookergenre fiction

Conventional, plot-driven popular books

pulp fiction · self-published · vanity press · unpublished · bestseller

award type/literary values

BookerHugo

Science fiction award

Nebula · Edgar · Pulitzer · Nobel · genre

talent relationship

Bookeragent

One who acts independently

talent · manager · performer · artist · act

Phrases
Family

book, booked, booking, bookish, overbook, rebook, overbooking, rebooking, overbooked

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G