Celebrating outstanding fiction for over five decades, the Booker Prize highlights the most compelling literary fiction that is written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. A panel of judges selects a longlist and a shortlist before choosing their final winner.
Check out this year's longlist of nominees, with the shortlist of six books to follow on Tuesday, 22 September and the winner on Monday, 9 November.
The Booker Prize 2026 longlist
