Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello! The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize is now here!

I’ll be reading the books and I’d love to hear your thoughts too!

The books are:

The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis (Chatto & Windus)
Switzy by Emma Cline (Chatto & Windus)
Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
The End of Everything by M. John Harrison (Serpent’s Tail)
The Disappearers by Marlon James (Hamish Hamilton)
Black Bag by Luke Kennard (John Murray)
The Renovation by Kenan Orhan (Hamish Hamilton)
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry (Granta)
The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley (Picador)
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)
John of John by Douglas Stuart (Picador)
All Them Dogs by Djamel White (John Murray)
The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams (4th Estate)


More information here:

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-booker-prize-2026-longlist