The winner of the Booker Prize 2026 will soon be revealed, with this year’s nominees including previous winner Douglas Stuart.
The Glasgow-born author won the prestigious literary award in 2020 for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, with his new Harris-set work John of John on this year’s six-book strong shortlist.
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Another Booker Prize winner to be recognised is Marlon James, for his latest book The Disappearers. The Jamaican writer won the award in 2015 with A Brief History of Seven Killings, and he is among this year’s favourites.
Previously shortlisted author Elizabeth Stroud is also in the running for the 2026 Booker Prize, as are first time nominees Luke Kennard, M. John Harrison, and Rebecca Perry.
The winner of the award will be announced at a ceremony in London this evening (Monday, November 9).
Here are all of the Booker Prize 2026 nominees, what each book is about, and where you can purchase copies.
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13. The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams — Longlisted
“In a famed but crumbling university city overrun by vegetation, where power is held in a fragile balance between the academics and a contingent of rogue gardeners, Agathe spends her days listlessly propping up the career of her fraudulent professor boss. One day, a campus scandal erupts: Adam, a contrarian and the pet student of her boss, comes into heated conflict with a rising young professor, with both men claiming discrimination. As the crisis consumes the university, Agathe’s boss instructs her to gather information by befriending Adam. Agathe soon finds herself both caught up in the events tearing the city apart and increasingly drawn towards the alluring student at the heart of it all. But can anyone be taken at their word in a struggle over the truth?” | 4th Estate