The 13-title longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize has been announced, with works and writers of genre interest including:

The End of Everything, M. John Harrison (Serpent’s Tail)

The Renovation, Kenan Orhan (Hamish Hamilton)

The Vivisectors, Missouri Williams (4th Estate)

Helen of Nowhere, Makenna Goodman (Coffee House)

Switzy, Emma Cline (Random House)

The Disappearers, Marlon James (Riverhead)

The shortlist will be announced September 22, 2026. Shortlisted authors receive £2,500. The winner will be announced November 9, 2026; the winning work receives £50,000.

For more information, including the complete longlist, see the International Booker Prize website.

For previous titles of genre interest listed for the Booker, see past Locus coverage of the award.