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The Booker Prize 2026

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The Booker Prize 2026

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced. It features two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize. The winner will be revealed on November 9th at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London.

The prize has rewarded and celebrated world-class talent for over 55 years, shaping the canon of 20th and 21st century literature. This year’s selection celebrates the best works of long-form fiction by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.

For more about the Booker Prize, go to https://thebookerprizes.com
 


2026 Shortlist
 

  • THE END OF EVERYTHING by M. John Harrison (Serpent’s Tail)
  • THE DISAPPEARERS by Marlon James (Hamish Hamilton)
  • BLACK BAG by Luke Kennard (John Murray)
  • MAY WE FEED THE KING by Rebecca Perry (Granta)
  • THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)   
  • JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stuart (Picador)
     


2026 Longlist
 

  • THE SHADOW OF THE OBJECT by Chloe Aridjis (Chatto & Windus)
  • SWITZY by Emma Cline (Chatto & Windus)
  • HELEN OF NOWHERE by Makenna Goodman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
  • THE END OF EVERYTHING by M. John Harrison (Serpent’s Tail)
  • THE DISAPPEARERS by Marlon James (Hamish Hamilton)
  • BLACK BAG by Luke Kennard (John Murray)
  • THE RENOVATION by Kenan Orhan (Hamish Hamilton)
  • MAY WE FEED THE KING by Rebecca Perry (Granta)
  • THE PALM HOUSE by Gwendoline Riley (Picador)   
  • THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)   
  • JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stuart (Picador)
  • ALL THEM DOGS by Djamel White (John Murray)
  • THE VIVISECTORS by Missouri Williams (4th Estate)