The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2026 “celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026.” There are 13 books on the longlist, translated from 11 different languages. The winner will receive a £50,000 prize, split between the author and the translator. Shortlisted works receive a £5,000 prize.
You can check out more details at the Booker Prize website, which I must say is one of the most informative and well-designed award websites I’ve seen. It includes facts about this year’s picks, short biographies of the judges, and a statement from the Chair about the process of narrowing down the nominees to this longlist.
Here is this year’s longlist.
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Ross Benjamin
On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan
The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre, translated from Italian by Antonella Lettieri
The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from French by Jordan Stump
Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from Persian by Faridoun Farrokh
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
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