2026 Booker Prize
British literary award given in 2026
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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.
| 2026 Booker Prize | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 November 2026 |
| Location | Old Billingsgate, London |
| Country | United Kingdom & Ireland |
The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize was released on 28 July 2026.[1]
The shortlist will be announced at a ceremony at Southbank Centre in London on 22 September and the winner at Old Billingsgate in the City of London on 9 November 2026.[2]
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 |