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We asked the International Booker Prize 2026 judges to tell us what impressed and delighted them most about each book on this year’s shortlist – and why they are relevant to today’s world 

For the first time, we invited six groups from around the UK to each read one book on the 2022 shortlist and share their views online. Now, the Booker judges have chosen the winning club

Stormzy, Katherine Parkinson, Rory Kinnear, Arlo Parks, Shazad Latif and Gabrielle Creevy star in our new films showcasing the 2025 shortlist

Whether you have none or several, brothers and sisters can be fascinating to read about. If you enjoy fiction that explores knotty sibling relationships, you’ll love these Booker-nominated novels

From viral pandemics to extinction-level events, these searing novels set in the wake of an apocalypse make the essential end-of-world reading list 

Our hosts are pairing up fictional characters from novels in the Booker archive, in this literary twist on the hit TV show. Join us, on Booker Island…

In this Man Booker Prize 2018 longlist interview Anna Burns tells us her favourite Man Booker-winning novel and what her next story after Milkman will be
 

Uilleam Blacker talks about the island library that fostered a love of reading in him - and how the International Booker Prize allows readers to cross borders through literature

In this Man Booker 2018 longlist interview, Rachel Kushner tells us where the inspiration for The Mars Room came from and what’s next in her career

In our latest competition, we’re offering the chance a bundle including all 13 longlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize