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This year’s Booker Prize longlist, announced Tuesday, includes 13 books covering a wide range of genres, from thriller to dystopian sci-fi to love story.<\/p>

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Two previous winners have made the prestigious list again \u2013 Douglas Stuart, who won for in 2020, and Marlon James, who took the prize in 2015 for Elizabeth Strout is on the list as a third-time nominee for her latest work . The longlist also includes three debut authors.<\/p>\n

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Mary Beard, chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judges, said in a statement: “Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds.”<\/p>

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The Booker Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book published in English in the U.K. and\/or Ireland between Oct. 1 and Sept. 30. The 2025 prize went to David Szalay for\u00a0<\/p>

Six shortlisted authors will each receive \u00a32,500, about $3,300. The winner of the prize, to be announced at a London ceremony on Nov. 9, will be awarded \u00a350,000, a little more than $66,000.<\/p>

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