On Earth As It Is Beneath, written by Ana Paula Maia and translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan, is an unsettling novel that sets us among an isolated group of men whose bonds break down in ways both hard to comprehend and impossible to look away from. Our judges said, ‘A brutal, haunting and hypnotic novella set in a remote Brazilian penal colony where the boundaries between justice and cruelty collapse. Spare, unflinching and relentless.’ Link in bio to find out more about the book. The International Booker Prize 2026 is supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. @charcopress #InternationalBooker2026 #BookerPrize #InternationalBookerPrize #booktok #translatedbooks