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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

This Booker Prize shortlist could produce award’s oldest ever winner

Only one debut novelist is among the six finalists, with previous winners including Douglas Stuart and Marlon James in the running

The Independent UK · Sep 22

I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize

I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

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

Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novel

May We Feed the King, about a museum curator and a medieval monarch, was praised by judges for its ‘crisp, cool prose’ and ‘poet’s eye for detail’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16

‘Wildly original and moving reflection on history’ wins Debut Fiction Prize

Last year’s winner, The Artist by Lucy Steeds, went on to be Waterstones’ August Fiction Book Of The Month.

Evening Standard · Jul 16

What does it take to write your first novel? Words of advice from the hottest debut authors

‘Lost Lambs’ author Madeline Cash and ‘May We Feed the King’ writer Rebecca Perry, who are among those shortlisted for Waterstones’ Debut Fiction Prize, share their tips

The Independent UK · Jul 16

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry review – a dazzling puzzle-box of a debut

The plight of a reluctant medieval king is glimpsed through scattered pieces of the past, in an ingenious novel that asks how much we can really know about history

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23