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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

Top author warns of long-term ‘hurt’ caused by men not reading

‘Shuggie Bain’ writer Douglas Stuart says ‘we’ll all feel the societal effects’ of declining literacy rates

The Independent UK · Jun 10

Booker winner Douglas Stuart reveals flashes of tenderness in his violent working-class men

Douglas Stuart’s third novel, John of John, returns to the territory that made his Booker prize-winning Shuggie Bain, and Young Mungo, so unforgettable: the intimate violence of masculinity, and the ways love persists inside families whose members cannot speak or emote plainly to one another.

The Conversation · Jun 1

A Glasgow kiss: Joesef on life, love and his home city

‘WE’RE pals now,” says Joesef to a slightly nervous reporter as he sits on a leathered bench in a Thai restaurant. Between lively chatter and…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 23, 2023

A24 to adapt Shuggie Bain author's second novel into TV series

An Oscar-winning production company is set to adapt Young Mungo.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 24, 2023

We’ve never needed working-class stories like Shuggie Bain more

Douglas Stuart is adapting his Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a Glasgow scarred by Thatcherism, for the BBC. Thank heavens for that – the diet of wealth-obssessed TV like ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Crown’ is out of step with life in our cash-squeezed age, writes Jessie Thompson

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

BBC announces Shuggie Bain series as Glasgow best selling book to hit TV screens

The Douglas Stuart novel tells the heartbreaking tale of a mother-son relationship in working-class Glasgow back in the 1980s, the the youngster struggling to make it in a tough world.

Glasgow Live · Nov 14, 2022

Booker Prize winning Scottish novel Shuggie Bain to become television series

Shuggie Bain, Stuart’s debut novel, is set in 1980s Glasgow and is about a young boy growing up amid addiction and poverty.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2022

Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain to become television series

Author Douglas Stuart said he is thrilled that his novel will be turned into a television series by the BBC.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

BBC announces Shuggie Bain TV series with screenplay by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel, is adapting his smash-hit novel set in Glasgow for BBC One and iPlayer.

Daily Record · Nov 14, 2022