The Booker Prize 2026 Longlist

Honoring the best original novels written in the English-speaking world, the Booker Prize celebrates the power of literature and the art of storytelling. This year’s longlist brings together masterful prose, richly drawn characters, surreal journeys, emotional meditations, complex family dynamics and poignant tales of self-discovery. Discover the books that made the Booker Prize 2026 longlist.

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As David’s life itinerary nears the end, an influx of memories takes over in Emma Cline’s quietly moving portrait of time, illusions and letting go.

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Blending surrealism, satire and philosophical concepts, Makenna Goodman weaves a remarkable tale of new beginnings following a disgraced professor who moves into a new house where the presence of the previous owner lingers.

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When Philip, a beach scavenger in fractured Britain, finds a mysterious artifact, he is drawn into a deeply surreal journey through a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is quite as it seems.

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The author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings returns with a deeply human story exploring queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Acting meets academia in this amusing novel about a bizarre experiment that raises questions about identity, masculinity and the complexities of love.

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Living in exile, Dilara feels the constant pull of her homeland, until an unexpected prison materializes within her home in this haunting tale steeped in magical realism.

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Details make up a life in May We Feed the King, a vivid portrait of history, destiny and desire following a medieval palace curator and her imaginative journey into the past.

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Two friends navigate the triumphs and devastations of young adulthood in this story of friendship, connection and self-discovery.

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With her award-winning prose, Elizabeth Strout paints a tender and insightful picture of a lonely schoolteacher who reconsiders his own life path and choices after an unexpected secret is revealed.

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Change, identity and complex family bonds are explored in Douglas Stuart’s moving story of a young gay man who moves back to his childhood home off the coast of Scotland.

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After a five-year hiatus, a young man slips back into a life brimming with violence, anger and fear. Offering a different perspective on gang life in Dublin, this gritty yet emotional story reads like a film. 

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The Vivisectors is a surreal tale of power and privilege on a crumbling campus dominated by academics and gardeners, and one woman at the heart of it all.

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Chloe Aridjis’ dreamlike meditation on desire, resilience, and change follows a young woman who is gifted a magic lantern that slowly shifts her perception of reality.

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