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Here you will find practical information about the Booker Prizes, from our history to upcoming events

There are also useful articles about the work of the Booker Prize Foundation and everything you need to know about our nominated books and authors.

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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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Everything you need to know about Taiwan Travelogue, winner of the International Booker Prize 2026

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

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Monthly Spotlight: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

A group portrait of International Booker Prize 2026 judges Natasha Brown, Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy. holding the longlisted books

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What our judges said about the International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

The International Booker Prize shortlist

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Everything you need to know about the International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

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Monthly Spotlight: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge

The International Booker Prize 2026 longlisted books

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Are you a digital creator who loves to read? We want to share a book from the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist with you

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Monthly Spotlight: Last Orders by Graham Swift

The International Booker Prize 2026 longlisted books

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What our judges said about the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist

The International Booker Prize 2026 longlisted books

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Everything you need to know about the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist

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Monthly Spotlight: At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis

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Monthly Spotlight: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

A copy of the novel, Flesh by David Szalay, pictured alongside the Booker Prize trophy

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Everything you need to know about Flesh by David Szalay, winner of the Booker Prize 2025

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Monthly Spotlight: Milkman by Anna Burns

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Monthly Spotlight: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

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Monthly Spotlight: The Riders by Tim Winton

The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist of six books, displayed artfully on a desk

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Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist

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Winners announced for inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize programme