Booker Prize 2026
The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize, worth £50,000, has been announced.
The 13 longlisted books are:
- The Shadow of the Object (Chloe Aridjis, Chatto & Windus)
- Switzy (Emma Cline, Chatto & Windus) (forthcoming)
- Helen of Nowhere (Makenna Goodman, Fitzcarraldo)
- The End of Everything (M John Harrison, Profile Books) (forthcoming)
- The Disappearers (Marlon James, Hamish Hamilton) (forthcoming)
- Black Bag (Luke Kennard, John Murray Press)
- The Renovation (Kenan Orhan, Hamish Hamilton)
- May We Feed the King (Rebecca Perry, Granta)
- The Palm House (Gwendoline Riley, Picador)
- The Things We Never Say (Elizabeth Strout, Viking)
- John of John (Douglas Stuart, Picador) *
- All Them Dogs (Djamel White, John Murray)
- The Vivisectors (Missouri Williams, 4th Estate) (forthcoming).
Previous winners Douglas Stuart (who won with Shuggie Bain in 2020) and Marlon James (who won with A Brief History of Seven Killings in 2015) are on the 2026 longlist. The list also features 3 debut novelists: Kenan Orhan, Rebecca Perry and Djamel White.
The shortlist will be announced on 22 September. For more information about the Booker prizes, click here.
John of John has been reviewed by QRC. Click here to read our review.