The Booker Prizes

Introducing the Booker Prize 2026 shortist

Fiction worth talking about

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist has been announced, featuring books that change the way we see the world, surprise us and challenge our certainties. Find out more here

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for September: Klara and the Sun

Reading guide: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend, watches customers and passers-by intently, hoping to be chosen. But when the possibility arises that her circumstances may change forever, she is warned not to put too much faith in human promises

An extract from Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Where to start with Kazuo Ishiguro: a guide to his best books

Win a copy of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Seven Booker-nominated novels that explore AI

Seven Booker Prize-nominated novels that explore AI

International Booker Prize 2026: explore the winning book

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Everything you need to know about Taiwan Travelogue

Taiwan Travelogue book cover and the author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and the translator Lin King

An interview with Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King, author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue

Author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King each holding a copy of Taiwan Travelogue and their International Booker Prize trophies

Reading guide: Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King

An extract from Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King

10 years of the International Booker Prize

Composite image featuring The Deserters by Mathias Énard, On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, White Nights by Ursula Honek, Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, The Vegetarian by Han Kang, She Who Remains by Rene Karabash

How independent publishers have become the cornerstone of the International Booker Prize

The majority of publishers submitting books for the International Booker Prize are indies. We spoke to some of them about passion, risk-taking and the growing appeal of translated fiction

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Young, urban and male: who is reading translated fiction in the UK now?

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What winning the International Booker Prize means, according to previous winners

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Explore the 10 winning books from a decade of the International Booker Prize

The 10 winners of the International Booker Prize since 2016, alongside a large number ten graphic and a even bigger question mark made out of books

Quiz: Which International Booker Prize-winning novel should you read?

The Bukhman International Booker Prize 2027

Meet our next panel of judges

The 2027 judging panel for the Bukhman International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced, and submissions are now open to publishers. Find out more about the newly renamed prize here

Read about our previous Monthly Spotlights

Monthly Spotlight: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan’s achingly moving novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007, is a masterful study of miscommunication, and the life-changing consequences of words left unsaid

Monthly Spotlight: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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Monthly Spotlight: The Van by Roddy Doyle

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Monthly Spotlight: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

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Monthly Spotlight: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge

Our upcoming events

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022

Events: What’s on and dates for your diary

From intimate gatherings to bustling festivals, book readings to interviews, we celebrate the finest in fiction at these UK events featuring Booker-nominated authors

The Booker Prize... now also for kids

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Everything you need to know about the Children's Booker Prize 2027

The three adult judges have been announced, and a UK-wide search for three child judges is underway. The shortlist of eight books will be announced on 24 November 2026. Find out more here

Original features from the Booker Library

Fashion in fiction: how clothes shape the story in Booker Prize novels

Our new Booker Prizes Quick Read

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Introducing a new short-story collection featuring Booker-nominated authors

In partnership with The Reading Agency, we have launched a Booker Prizes Quick Read, featuring stories by Roddy Doyle, Yael van der Wouden, David Szalay and more

The world's most influential awards for fiction in the English language

Introducing the Booker Prize 2026 shortist

Fiction worth talking about

Read more about the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

Discover our reading guides for the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

Read extracts from the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist: what our judges said

Get to know the authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

The End of Everything

The Disappearers

Black Bag

May We Feed the King

The Things We Never Say

John of John

Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for September: Klara and the Sun

Reading guide: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

An extract from Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Where to start with Kazuo Ishiguro: a guide to his best books

Win a copy of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Seven Booker Prize-nominated novels that explore AI

International Booker Prize 2026: explore the winning book

Everything you need to know about Taiwan Travelogue

An interview with Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King, author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue

Reading guide: Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King

An extract from Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King

10 years of the International Booker Prize

How independent publishers have become the cornerstone of the International Booker Prize

Young, urban and male: who is reading translated fiction in the UK now?

What winning the International Booker Prize means, according to previous winners

Explore the 10 winning books from a decade of the International Booker Prize

Quiz: Which International Booker Prize-winning novel should you read?

The Bukhman International Booker Prize 2027

Meet our next panel of judges

Read about our previous Monthly Spotlights

Monthly Spotlight: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Monthly Spotlight: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Monthly Spotlight: The Van by Roddy Doyle

Monthly Spotlight: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

Monthly Spotlight: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge

Our upcoming events

Events: What’s on and dates for your diary

The Booker Prize... now also for kids

Everything you need to know about the Children's Booker Prize 2027

Original features from the Booker Library

Fashion in fiction: how clothes shape the story in Booker Prize novels

John Banville on Great Granny Webster: ‘Caroline Blackwood created a masterpiece’

Inside And Other Stories: The Sheffield-based small press taking translated fiction to a global stage

Staff picks: the Booker Prizes team’s favourite bookshops

More reading recommendations

Seven Booker Prize-nominated post-apocalyptic books

Back to school: 10 Booker Prize novels set in classrooms, colleges and campuses

Staff picks: our favourite Booker Prize-winning books

11 epics from the Booker Library for fans of The Odyssey

Six uplifting novels nominated for the Booker Prizes

Staff picks: our favourite Booker Prize-winning books

10 Booker Prize-nominated books with unique settings

10 Booker Prize-nominated books featuring complicated sibling relationships

Eight Booker Prize-nominated novels with a sporting edge

10 Booker Prize-nominated books that explore sapphic love

Taiwan Travelogue and 10 more Booker-nominated novels for foodies

11 of the best coming-of-age books nominated for the Booker Prizes

Our new Booker Prizes Quick Read

Introducing a new short-story collection featuring Booker-nominated authors

Read our exclusive interviews

Pat Barker interview: ‘Success can be more challenging than failure’

Richard Flanagan interview: 'Winning was a catastrophe of good fortune’

Marlon James interview: 'The exposure this prize creates changes you'

Ian McEwan interview: 'It didn't cross my mind that I would win'

Our authors in their own words

Penelope Lively on why children's books matter | The Booker Prize

Ben Okri on writing his Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road | The Booker Prize

Doris Lessing on The Good Terrorist, Politics and Protest | The Booker Prize

Muriel Spark on poetry, autobiography and eternal life | The Booker Prize

Get the plot right first: Iris Murdoch on writing fiction | The Booker Prize

Pure literary pleasure: A.S. Byatt on Possession | The Booker Prize

Bernice Rubens on winning the Booker Prize – and the pleasure of writing | The Booker Prize

An interview with Thomas Keneally | The Booker Prize

Hilary Mantel on Beyond Black and the spirit world | The Booker Prize

An extract from Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King