Booker Prize 2026: the 6 books shortlisted – and the one that's missing And the winner is… not on this Booker shortlist, says David Sexton Evening Standard · Sep 23
Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have chance to become 5th multiple winner of Booker Prize book award Marlon James and Douglas Stuart can become the fifth author to win the Booker Prize twice after both were shortlisted for arguably the U.K.’s most prestigious fiction accolade The Independent UK · Sep 22
This Booker Prize shortlist could produce award’s oldest ever winner Only one debut novelist is among the six finalists, with previous winners including Douglas Stuart and Marlon James in the running The Independent UK · Sep 22
I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world The Guardian - UK · Sep 22
Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic writer and a debut novelist The Guardian - UK · Sep 22
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis A teacher’s private anxieties are subtly combined with political events in this Booker-listed tale set in coastal Massachusetts The Guardian - UK · Aug 27
Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout are among Booker Prize semifinalists Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running for the 2026 edition of the prestigious fiction award The Independent UK · Jul 28
The Booker Prize shortlist 2026: Full list of six books and where to buy them The long-awaited Booker shortlist has been announced – here’s what novels have made the coveted list and what they are about Evening Standard · Jul 28
Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 28
This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experiment Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout may be names we know, but there’s a welcome element of absurdism and surrealist thought here The Guardian - UK · Jul 28
Booker Prize longlist 2026: Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout lead nominees The 13 books selected for the longlist features authors representing England, Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and America The Independent UK · Jul 28
Claire Fuller: ‘Dylan Thomas showed me that writing could make me feel everything’ The novelist on being inspired by Shirley Jackson, discovering the brilliance of Denis Johnson, and finding comfort in Elizabeth Strout The Guardian - UK · Jun 26
The books everyone will be reading this summer SUMMER READING: From sun-soaked page-turners to perfect al fresco lunch companions, these are 21 of the hottest reads right now The Independent UK · Jun 14
‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel The Guardian - UK · Jun 12
Evening Standard · Jun 2 Best new books to read this autumn, from Rebecca Yarros to Louise Kennedy From stranger-than-fiction memoirs to historical novels and essay collections, dive into these pages for autumn
The Independent UK · May 12 Elizabeth Strout: ‘It’s a tough thing to be creative and have children’ INTERVIEW: After Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is back with a brand new protagonist in her 11th novel, ‘The Things We Never Say’. The chronicler of small-town despair, loved by Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith, tells Jessie Thompson why her books are so full of loneliness…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by trauma
The Independent UK · Apr 2 I’m an audiobook obsessive, and these are my must-listen Audible releases for April and May These are the six audiobooks I’m downloading for spring
The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2025 Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Yael van der Wouden : ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy cured my fear of aliens’ The Safekeep author on her secret childhood reading, falling in love with Elizabeth Strout and why she keeps coming back to Zadie Smith
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025 Lily King: ‘What is life without love?’ The American author discusses our need for fiction in an age of disconnection, the challenges of growing up with 14 step-siblings, and why she’s going ‘all in’ on romance
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025 Where to start with: Elizabeth Strout A guide to the Pulitzer-winning novelist’s tales of small-town life, family secrets, and fraught relationships
The Conversation · Jun 6, 2025 Women’s prize for fiction 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels From a longlist of 16, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s prize for fiction. Our experts review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on June 12.
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025 The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 has gone to a debut author – here’s where to read the winning book The winning novel is “a classic in the making”
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025 Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction