Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. It is a prize that transforms the winner’s career.

The winner receives £50,000 as well as the £2,500 awarded to each of the six shortlisted authors. Both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a global readership and can expect a dramatic increase in book sales.

The ‘Booker Dozen’ of 12 or 13 books will be announced on 26 July 2025, with the shortlist of six books to follow on 23 September. The winner of the Booker Prize 2025 will be announced on 10 November, with the winner receiving £50,000, as well as the £2,500 awarded to each of the six shortlisted authors.

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The Booker Prize 2026 longlist:

• The Shadow of the Object (Chloe Aridjis, Chatto & Windus)
• Switzy (Emma Cline, Chatto & Windus) (forthcoming)
• Helen of Nowhere (Makenna Goodman, Fitzcarraldo)
• The End of Everything (M John Harrison, Profile Books) (forthcoming)
• The Disappearers (Marlon James, Hamish Hamilton) (forthcoming)
• Black Bag (Luke Kennard, John Murray Press)
• The Renovation (Kenan Orhan, Hamish Hamilton)
• May We Feed the King (Rebecca Perry, Granta)
• The Palm House (Gwendoline Riley, Picador)
• The Things We Never Say (Elizabeth Strout, Viking)
• John of John (Douglas Stuart, Picador)
• All Them Dogs (Djamel White, John Murray)
• The Vivisectors (Missouri Williams, 4th Estate) (forthcoming).

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist will be announced on the 22nd September.  

Winner of The Booker Prize 2026: