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- The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist of six finalists was selected from a longlist of thirteen books.
- These novels represent various genres including dystopian fiction, contemporary realism, campus satire, and historical fiction.
- The authors compete for a 50,000-pound cash prize.
- A winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on November 9.
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- The announcement of the winner at Old Billingsgate in London on November 9.
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Mary Beard
chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel
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“This is writing at its best. There's plenty to enjoy, some blissful escapism and prose to die for; 'I just wish I could have written that' kept going through my mind,”
In the article
…is in the running for 'The Things We Never Say', with 'The End of Everything' by M. John Harrison, 'Black Bag' by Luke Kennard and 'May We Feed the King' by Rebecca Perry completing the British authors in the race. " This is writing at its best. There's plenty to enjoy, some blissful escapism and prose to die for; 'I just wish I could have written that' kept going through my mind, " said author Mary Beard, chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel. "These novels range from the hilarious to the discomfiting, from the frighteningly strange to the alarmingly domestic, from the powerfully shocking…
“But there is also plenty here to change the way we see the world, to surprise us and to challenge our certainties,”
In the article
…from the powerfully shocking to the intriguingly understated. In them, we meet characters from different countries and different centuries, created by authors 40 years apart, new talent and well-known favourites. " But there is also plenty here to change the way we see the world, to surprise us and to challenge our certainties, " she said. Each shortlisted author will receive 2,500 pounds and a specially bound edition of their book. The announcement of the Booker Prize 2026 winner will take place on November 9 at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate…
Gaby Wood
Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation
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“I knew it would be almost impossible for the judges to reduce their phenomenal longlist to just six books, and it was. But the prize rules demand a shortlist!”
In the article
…on November 9 at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, with the winner receiving a trophy named 'Iris' along with the cash prize of 50,000 pounds. Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said: " I knew it would be almost impossible for the judges to reduce their phenomenal longlist to just six books, and it was. But the prize rules demand a shortlist! "These six, which struck the judges strongly the first time they read them and deepened when read again, speak to each other in unexpected ways by virtue of being placed side by side." The 55-year-old annual Booker…
“These six, which struck the judges strongly the first time they read them and deepened when read again, speak to each other in unexpected ways by virtue of being placed side by side.”
In the article
…Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said: "I knew it would be almost impossible for the judges to reduce their phenomenal longlist to just six books, and it was. But the prize rules demand a shortlist! " These six, which struck the judges strongly the first time they read them and deepened when read again, speak to each other in unexpected ways by virtue of being placed side by side. " The 55-year-old annual Booker Prize 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 2025 and September 2026. This…
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