Booker Prize longlist reveals 13 'dynamite' novels, with Strout and James
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The Booker Prize has unveiled its 2026 longlist—the 13-book “Booker Dozen” described as dynamite by chair Mary Beard. It includes Elizabeth Strout (The Things We Never Say), Douglas Stuart (John of John), Marlon James (The Disappearers) and other debut and returning writers, with stories spanning Massachusetts, a remote Scottish island, Jamaica, Mexico City and more. The longlist will narrow to a shortlist on Sept. 22, and the winner will be announced on Nov. 9. Shortlisted authors receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition; the winner earns £50,000.)
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