Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The winner of the 2026 International Booker is here! I'll talk about it and the books that missed. Expand for more information. 👇
Links 🔗
The Winner: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2026
The New York Times Review: nytimes.com/2024/11/15/books/review/yang-shuangzi-taiwan-travelogue.html
The Carol Shields Prize Shortlist: youtu.be/8d8mjok8klo
The Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist: youtu.be/U_GZYF3saxM
The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist: youtu.be/qKg9QENS18M
Further Viewing 🍿
My Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/lUN3SiicBiU
My Pulitzer Prize Winner Reaction: youtu.be/WrgviZQfiiQ
Last Year’s Winner: youtu.be/QrGpMUwMV5Y
The Winner 🥇
Taiwan Travelogue, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (translated by Lin King): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644453155
The Shortlist 🥈
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, Shida Bazyar (translated by Ruth Martin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781964992105
She Who Remains, Rene Karabash (translated by Isidore Angel): bookshop.org/a/99775/9789533515748
The Director, Daniel Kehlmann (translated by Ross Benjamin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668087794
On Earth as It Is Beneath, Ana Paula Maia (translated by Padma Viswanathan): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781917260107
The Witch, Marie NDiaye (translated by Jordan Stump): bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217006809
The Longlist 🥉
The Wax Child, Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238830
Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur (translated by Faridoun Farrokh): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781558617537
The Duke, Matteo Melchiorre (translated by Antonella Lettieri)
Small Comfort, Ia Genberg (translated by Kira Josefsson)
The Deserters, Mathias Énard (translated by Charlotte Mandell): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239011
The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje (translated by David McKay): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781954404328
We Are Green and Trembling, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Robin Myers): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238618
eBook Links 📱
Taiwan Travelogue, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (translated by Lin King): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644453162
The Wax Child, Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238847
Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur (translated by Faridoun Farrokh): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781558617599
The With, Marie NDiaye (translated by Jordan Stump): bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217006816
On Earth as It Is Beneath, Ana Paula Maia (translated by Padma Viswanathan): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781917260114
The Director, Daniel Kehlmann (translated by Ross Benjamin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668087817
The Deserters, Mathias Énard (translated by Charlotte Mandell): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239028
The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje (translated by David McKay): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781954404335
We Are Green and Trembling, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Robin Myers): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238625
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, Shida Bazyar (translated by Ruth Martin
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The winner of the 2026 International Booker is here! I'll talk about it and the books that missed. Expand for more information. 👇
Links 🔗
The Winner: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2026
The New York Times Review: nytimes.com/2024/11/15/books/review/yang-shuangzi-taiwan-travelogue.html
The Carol Shields Prize Shortlist: youtu.be/8d8mjok8klo
The Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist: youtu.be/U_GZYF3saxM
The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist: youtu.be/qKg9QENS18M
Further Viewing 🍿
My Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/lUN3SiicBiU
My Pulitzer Prize Winner Reaction: youtu.be/WrgviZQfiiQ
Last Year’s Winner: youtu.be/QrGpMUwMV5Y
The Winner 🥇
Taiwan Travelogue, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (translated by Lin King): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644453155
The Shortlist 🥈
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, Shida Bazyar (translated by Ruth Martin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781964992105
She Who Remains, Rene Karabash (translated by Isidore Angel): bookshop.org/a/99775/9789533515748
The Director, Daniel Kehlmann (translated by Ross Benjamin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668087794
On Earth as It Is Beneath, Ana Paula Maia (translated by Padma Viswanathan): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781917260107
The Witch, Marie NDiaye (translated by Jordan Stump): bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217006809
The Longlist 🥉
The Wax Child, Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238830
Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur (translated by Faridoun Farrokh): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781558617537
The Duke, Matteo Melchiorre (translated by Antonella Lettieri)
Small Comfort, Ia Genberg (translated by Kira Josefsson)
The Deserters, Mathias Énard (translated by Charlotte Mandell): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239011
The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje (translated by David McKay): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781954404328
We Are Green and Trembling, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Robin Myers): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238618
eBook Links 📱
Taiwan Travelogue, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (translated by Lin King): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644453162
The Wax Child, Olga Ravn (translated by Martin Aitken): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238847
Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur (translated by Faridoun Farrokh): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781558617599
The With, Marie NDiaye (translated by Jordan Stump): bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217006816
On Earth as It Is Beneath, Ana Paula Maia (translated by Padma Viswanathan): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781917260114
The Director, Daniel Kehlmann (translated by Ross Benjamin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668087817
The Deserters, Mathias Énard (translated by Charlotte Mandell): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811239028
The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje (translated by David McKay): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781954404335
We Are Green and Trembling, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Robin Myers): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238625
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, Shida Bazyar (translated by Ruth Martin
Support This Channel ❤️
SuperThanks (in the toolbar of this video)
My Wishlist on Bookshop: bookshop.org/wishlists/2ea05da898651ed2274efe2bebb9441a494fabb1
My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun
My Merch Store: supposedly-fun-shop.fourthwall.com
If you would like to support this channel, you can use the ideas above, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless.
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