What the judges said about the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist | The Booker Prize

Описание: ‘Many of the submitted books examined the devastating consequences of war, which is reflected in our longlist. The list also features petty squabbles between neighbours, mysterious mountain villages, Big Pharma conspiracies, witchy women, ill-fated lovers, a haunted prison, and obscure film references. The page counts range from ‘pocket-friendly’ to ‘doorstopper.’ And while the books’ original publication dates span four decades, each story feels fresh and innovative.’ – Natasha Brown

A huge thank you to our #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel:
〰️ Chair of judges and critically-acclaimed author, Natasha Brown
〰️ Writer, broadcaster and Oxford University Professor of Mathematics, Marcus du Sautoy
〰️ International Booker Prize-shortlisted translator, Sophie Hughes
〰️ Writer, Lolwe editor and bookseller, Troy Onyango
〰️ Award-winning novelist and columnist, Nilanjana S. Roy

Here's what they had to say about this year's longlist.

The International Booker Prize 2026 is supported by Bukhman Philanthropies.

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The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland.

Previous winners include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Bone People by Keri Hulme and many more.

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