Year: 2026

Judges

• Mary Beard (chair)
• Raymond Antrobus
• Jarvis Cocker
• Rebecca Liu
• Patricia Lockwood

Books

Black Bag

Luke Kennard

Shortlisted

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The Disappearers

Marlon James

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The End of Everything

M. John Harrison

Shortlisted

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John of John

Douglas Stuart

Shortlisted

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May We Feed the King

Rebecca Perry

Shortlisted

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The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout

Shortlisted

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