Shortlist for Booker Prize 2026 Revealed

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been selected by the 2026 judging panel, chaired by celebrated classicist, writer and broadcaster Mary Beard. Beard is joined by 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 shortlist includes: The End of Everything (M. John Harrison); The Disappearers (Marlon James); Black Bag (Luke Kennard); May We Feed the King (Rebecca Perry); The Things We Never Say (Elizabeth Strout); and John of John (Douglas Stuart).

This year’s selection, which was chosen from ‘the Booker Dozen’ of 13 titles, selected from 163 submissions, 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 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026.

The winning book will be announced on 9 November 2026 at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London. The winner will receive £50,000, while the shortlisted authors will each receive £2,500.