Booker Prize

Authors

Nobody Believed in Julian Barnes. The Princess of Asturias Prize Begs to Differ.

Julian Barnes wins the 2026 Princess of Asturias Prize for Literature — a long-overdue recognition of one of British fiction's most precise and quietly devastating voices, four decades in the making.

Awards

Romance and Reckoning: Taiwan Travelogue Wins the 2026 International Booker Prize

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's novel has just won the 2026 International Booker Prize, sharing the prize with translator Lin King. A double feat that puts love and postcolonialism on the same page.

News

Oprah Calls. Douglas Stuart Answers. 'John of John' Becomes a Book Club Pick.

Oprah Winfrey selected Douglas Stuart's second novel for her book club this week, calling it 'liberating for people who have been suppressing themselves.' Stuart called the phone call surreal. The sales figures will be very real.

News

John of John: Douglas Stuart Returns, and the Question Is Whether the World Is Ready

Douglas Stuart, the man who won the Booker with Shuggie Bain, publishes his second novel. John of John (Grove) arrives carrying the weight of every possible sophomore book on its shoulders.

News

Who Reads for the Children's Booker? Actual Children.

The new Children's Booker Prize has named its judges—including three child jurors aged 8-12 who will actually vote for the winner. A £50,000 prize decided in part by its own intended audience.

Authors

Kiran Desai Returns After Twenty Years With a Novel About Impossible Love

Twenty years after winning the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai has published The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — shortlisted for the 2026 Man Booker. Some waits are worth it.

Literary Prizes

The Booker Longlist Arrives and, As Usual, Somebody Is Furious

The 2026 Booker Prize longlist is out — and the predictable outrage has begun, right on schedule. Sigrid Norgaard considers what the list actually says.