Congratulations to the 2026 Booker Prize Shortlist Titles!

By Sara Eslami | September 22 2026 | Adult

The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist was announced today! The winning book will be announced on Monday, 9 November 2026, at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London.

A huge congratulations to the Penguin Random House and Zando titles included in the shortlist!

 

ABOUT THE BOOKER PRIZE:

Each year the foundation awards the Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize, two of the world’s most significant and influential awards for a single book. The prizes recognise exceptional works of fiction and elevate the voices of nominated authors and translators by bringing their work to a global readership. The winners can expect their careers to be transformed.

9781638933380
An out-of-work actor accepts the role of a lifetime—sitting soundlessly in a lecture theater, zipped into a leather bag—to aid a professor’s psychology experiment. What could possibly go wrong?
$28.00 US
Mar 17, 2026
Hardcover
352 Pages
Zando
US,CAN,OpnMkt(no EU)

9798217154746
Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world
$29.00 US
May 05, 2026
Hardcover
224 Pages
Random House
US, Canada, Open Mkt

9798217433896
From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences.
$22.00 US
Sep 01, 2026
Paperback
640 Pages
Riverhead Books
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
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9798217438655
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE A haunting apocalyptic adventure, and a formidable exploration of what it means to be human in a shifting world, from "one of the very great writers alive today." (China Miéville) "A book not just about everything but about now.” —Booker Prize Judge citation "I don't think I'll read a better book this year, perhaps decade."—Observer (UK) "A formidable book."—Financial Times
$30.00 US
Oct 13, 2026
Hardcover
208 Pages
Riverhead Books
US,CAN,OpnMkt(no EU)