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Booker prize 2026: a diverse list to inspire all sorts of readers – six experts review the nominees

When the Booker prize was first launched in 1969, its aim was to get more people reading and to stimulate discussion about contemporary literature. Now, we all know reading is at an all time low but there really has never been a better time to reignite your love of fiction…

The Conversation · Oct 30

We’ve read the entire Booker Prize shortlist – here are the books worth picking up

Before the winner is announced on 9 November, here’s what to read

The Independent UK · Oct 26

Booker Prize 2026: the 6 books shortlisted – and the one that's missing

And the winner is… not on this Booker shortlist, says David Sexton

Evening Standard · Sep 23

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis

A teacher’s private anxieties are subtly combined with political events in this Booker-listed tale set in coastal Massachusetts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout are among Booker Prize semifinalists

Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running for the 2026 edition of the prestigious fiction award

The Independent UK · Jul 28

The Booker Prize shortlist 2026: Full list of six books and where to buy them

The long-awaited Booker shortlist has been announced – here’s what novels have made the coveted list and what they are about

Evening Standard · Jul 28

This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experiment

Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout may be names we know, but there’s a welcome element of absurdism and surrealist thought here

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist

Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Booker Prize longlist 2026: Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout lead nominees

The 13 books selected for the longlist features authors representing England, Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and America

The Independent UK · Jul 28

Claire Fuller: ‘Dylan Thomas showed me that writing could make me feel everything’

The novelist on being inspired by Shirley Jackson, discovering the brilliance of Denis Johnson, and finding comfort in Elizabeth Strout

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26