{"id":3124,"date":"2026-07-29T13:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpbaz.kinsta.cloud\/culture\/booker-prize-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:24:10","slug":"booker-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-2\/culture\/booker-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Booker Prize 2026 Longlist Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A post shared by The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n

The Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in the publishing industry, is back. This year, its judging panel comprises award-winning poet, writer and educator Raymond Antrobus; musician, writer and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker; journalist, editor and critic Rebecca Liu; and Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist, poet and essayist Patricia Lockwood. The panel is chaired by classicist, writer and broadcaster Mary Beard, known for her works SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome <\/i>(2015) and The Roman Triumph<\/i> (2007). <\/i><\/p>\n\n

Over a long deliberation period, the judges have selected 13 works of long-form fiction from 163 applicants. Commenting on the process, Beard says, \u201cGreat books have never been written to a single formula. We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone. There\u2019s the funny and the unsettling (and in some cases the funny and unsettling); there\u2019s dystopian fantasy and domestic drama; there\u2019s the gritty and the magically mysterious; there are some that will please and some that may shock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

She continues: \u201c[The longlisted books are] set anywhere and everywhere: Ireland and Italy, Mexico and Massachusetts, Jamaica and the Hebrides, universities, private planes and pubs, past, present and future. But there\u2019s one thing they all share. Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

From the list of 13 books, there are three debut novels: Kenan Orhan\u2019s The Renovation<\/em>, Djamel White\u2019s All Them Dogs <\/em>and Rebecca Perry\u2019s May We Feed the King.<\/em> Two previous winners\u2013Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart, who won with Shuggie Bain<\/em> in 2020, and Jamaican author Marlon James, who won with A Brief History of Seven Killings<\/em> in 2015\u2013 feature on the list again with John of John<\/em> and The Disappearers, <\/em>respectively. 81-year-old M John Harrison, longlisted for the first time with The End of Everything, <\/em>is in the running to be the oldest ever recipient, surpassing Margaret Atwood, who won the prize at age 79 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n

The shortlist will be announced at the Southbank Centre, London on September 22, 2026. The winning\u202fbook\u202fwill be announced on November 9, 2026 at\u202fa ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London. The winner will receive \u00a350,000, while the shortlisted authors will each receive \u00a32,500.<\/p>\n\n

Read on for the full Booker Prize 2026 longlist.<\/h2>\n\n
  • The Shadow of the Object<\/em> by Chloe Aridjis<\/li>
  • Switzy<\/em> by Emma Cline<\/li>
  • Helen of Nowhere<\/em> by Makenna Goodman<\/li>
  • The End of Everything<\/em> by M. John Harrison<\/li>
  • The Disappearers<\/em> by Marlon James<\/li>
  • Black Bag<\/em> by Luke Kennard<\/li>
  • The Renovation<\/em> by Kenan Orhan<\/li>
  • May We Feed the King<\/em> by Rebecca Perry<\/li>
  • The Palm House<\/em>by Gwendoline Riley<\/li>
  • The Things We Never Say<\/em> by Elizabeth Strout<\/li>
  • John of John<\/em> by Douglas Stuart<\/li>
  • All Them Dogs<\/em> by Djamel White<\/li>
  • The Vivisectors<\/em> by Missouri Williams<\/li><\/ul>\n\n

    Read more about the book that won the International Booker Prize 2026 here.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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