Benjamin Markovits FRSL (born 1973) is a British-American writer. He is the author of twelve novels, among them a trilogy on the life of Lord Byron. He was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta magazine in 2013. In 2016, his novel You Don’t Have To Live Like This won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction. In 2025, his novel The Rest of Our Lives was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize.
Books in order of publication:
2004: The Syme Papers
2005: Either Side of Winter
2007: Imposture
2008: A Quiet Adjustment
2010: Playing Days: A Novel
2011: Childish Loves
2015: You Don’t Have to Live Like This
2018: A Weekend in New York
2019: Christmas in Austin
2020: Home Games
2022: The Sidekick
2025: The Rest of Our Lives
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