Booker Prize 2022 Betting Odds: Elizabeth Strout's 'Oh William!' now into 3/1 favourite with bookmakers to win this year's Booker Prize Award!

Elizabeth Strout is now the bookmakers favourite to win the Booker Prize Award this year

Elizabeth Strout is now the bookmakers favourite to win this year's Booker Prize Award ahead of next week's event.

The 2022 Booker Prize winner will be awarded on 17th October with the first public event with the winner set for Thursday 20th at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Smarkets have made Elizabeth Strout's 'Oh William!' the 3/1 favourite just ahead of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Shahan Karunatilaka.

Full list of odds for the Booker Prize includes former favourite Alan Garner

Alan Garner has long been favourite for the Booker Prize Award with his book Treacle Walker.

Garner was 5/1 favourite this time last month but has since drifted out to third favourite in the betting market.

Walker's booked has received massive critical acclaim with one report in the Guardian calling it the "book of a lifetime".

The Booker Prize nominees are now down to 6

The nominees for the Booker Prize Award has been whittled down to just 6 ahead of next Monday's winner being announced.

A £50,000 reward is given to whoever the author is who wins the Booker Prize award alongside the mark of distinction for having a Booker Prize winning novel.

• Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shahan Karunatilaka
• Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
• Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• The Trees by Percival Everett