Booker Prize
The Booker Prize 2026
The best novel of the year, in English
The 2026 Booker Prize winner will be announced on Monday, November 9, at Old Billingsgate in London. The six-book shortlist runs from Kingston to the Hebrides and includes two former winners, Marlon James and Douglas Stuart. Mary Beard chairs a judging panel of Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.