The 2026 Booker Prize is a literary award worth £50,000 given for the best English-language novel published between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026 in either the United Kingdom or Ireland.
The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize was released on 28 July 2026.
The shortlist was announced at a ceremony at Southbank Centre in London on 22 September, and the winner will be announced at Old Billingsgate in the City of London on 9 November 2026.
Judging panel Mary Beard (chair) Raymond Antrobus Jarvis Cocker Patricia Lockwood Rebecca Liu
Nominees All 2026 nominees are novels.
Author Title Country Publisher Chloe Aridjis The Shadow of the Object Mexico/USA Chatto & Windus Emma Cline Switzy USA Chatto & Windus Makenna Goodman Helen of Nowhere USA Fitzcarraldo Editions M. John Harrison The End of Everything UK Serpent's Tail Marlon James The Disappearers Jamaica Hamish Hamilton Luke Kennard Black Bag UK John Murray Kenan Orhan The Renovation Turkey/USA Hamish Hamilton Rebecca Perry May We Feed the King UK Granta Gwendoline Riley The Palm House UK Picador Elizabeth Strout The Things We Never Say USA Viking Press Douglas Stuart John of John UK/USA Picador Djamel White All Them Dogs Ireland John Murray Missouri Williams The Vivisectors UK 4th Estate
See also List of winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize
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