Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead a Brit-heavy Booker prize longlist
Summary
The 2026 Booker Prize longlist includes 13 novels from authors in seven nationalities across three continents, with nearly half from the UK. The list features past winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James, three debut novelists, and is chaired by classicist Mary Beard.Key Facts
- The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has 13 novels by authors from seven countries on three continents.
- Almost half of the longlisted authors are from the United Kingdom.
- Douglas Stuart, who won Booker in 2020, and Marlon James, who won in 2015, are both on the longlist.
- Three writers are debut novelists: Kenan Orhan, Rebecca Perry, and Djamel White.
- Mary Beard, a well-known classicist and broadcaster, leads the judging panel.
- Marlon James’s novel, The Disappearers, deals with a homophobic attack in 1980s Jamaica.
- Elizabeth Strout is longlisted for her third time with The Things We Never Say, a novel about America under President Donald Trump.
- The submissions included 163 books written in English and published in the UK or Ireland between October 2025 and September 2026.
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