The International Booker Prize Shortlist 2026

Four decades of heartbreak and hope. This multi-generational story follows a family whose lives are shaped by exile, identity and the search for belonging.

Haunting and deeply moving, this stream-of-consciousness novel explores gender identity and enduring traditions through the story of a woman who escapes an arranged marriage at a profound cost.

A story about art and morality, big promises and even bigger threats, The Director chronicles the life and work of an infamous man’s complicated life in sharp and exacting prose.

Sharp, suspenseful and shocking, this gripping survival story follows prisoners in an isolated penal colony who are violently hunted by a deranged warden.

Trapped in a dangerous marriage, a witch must protect her daughters as they develop their magic in this mesmerizing tale of motherhood, shame and liberation.

This is a story within a story about two queer women and the colonial history of Taiwan. Riddled with love, longing and loss, this is an exquisite tale about history and humanity.