Fiction

The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams

A ghostwriter with no personality is sent to befriend the student at the centre of a university scandal, in a city being swallowed by its own park. Missouri Williams has written the most formally daring book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and one of the coldest narrators in years.

Switzy by Emma Cline

A retired executive with Alzheimer's flies a borrowed private jet across Europe to an assisted-dying clinic, with two stops to make first. Emma Cline's fourth book is the most technically astonishing thing on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and the last three pages are extraordinary.

All Them Dogs by Djamel White

A West Dublin enforcer comes home with a killing behind him and falls for the man he takes his orders from. Djamel White's debut is the loudest, funniest and most frightening book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist, and the tenderness in it is what does the damage.

The Renovation by Kenan Orhan

The builders were supposed to fit a bathroom. They fitted a working cell from a Turkish prison. Kenan Orhan's debut is the funniest book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and by some distance the saddest.

The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis

A dog bite in Mexico City, a German collector of magic lanterns, and a friendship that lasts a handful of nights. Chloe Aridjis has written the most beautiful sentences on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist.

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