Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist

NPR Books LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Books Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist July 28, 20269:05 AM ET By  Meghan Collins Sullivan NPR This year's Booker Prize longlist, announced Tuesday, includes 13 books covering a wide range of genres, from thriller to dystopian sci-fi to love story. Two previous winners have made the prestigious list again – Douglas Stuart, who won for Shuggie Bain in 2020, and Marlon James, who took the prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings. Elizabeth Strout is on the list as a third-time nominee for her latest work The Things We Never Say. The longlist also includes three debut authors. Sponsor Message Books We Love NPR staffers share their favorite fiction reads of 2026 so far Mary Beard, chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judges, said in a statement: "Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds." The Book Ahead 10 new books you won't want to miss in July The Booker Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book published in English in the U.K. and/or Ireland between Oct. 1 and Sept. 30. The 2025 prize went to David Szalay for Flesh.  Six shortlisted authors will each receive £2,500, about $3,300. The winner of the prize, to be announced at a London ceremony on Nov. 9, will be awarded £50,000, a little more than $66,000. Here is the full 2026 Booker Prize longlist: The Shadow of the Object, Chloe Aridjis Switzy, Emma Cline Helen of Nowhere, Makenna Goodman The End of Everything, M. John Harrison The Disappearers, Marlon James Black Bag, Luke Kennard The Renovation, Kenan Orhan May We Feed the King, Rebecca Perry The Palm House, Gwendoline Riley The Things We Never Say, Elizabeth Strout John of John, Douglas Stuart All Them Dogs, Djamel White The Vivisectors, Missouri Williams Booker Prize fiction Facebook Flipboard...