This year's Booker Prize longlist transports readers from a hospital in Mexico City to the Kent seaside in a post-apocalyptic Britain; from the barren hillsides of the Outer Hebrides to the criminal badlands of West Dublin; from Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1980s to coastal Massachusetts in the run-up to the 2024 US election; from an unnamed medieval court to a prison cell that defies explanation. Discover the full extracts over on our website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/read-extracts-from-the-booker-prize-2026-longlist --- The Booker Prizes on Instagram: instagram.com/thebookerprizes The Booker Prizes on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebookerprizes The Booker Prizes on Facebook: facebook.com/TheBookerPrizes The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize are two of the world’s most significant and influential awards for a single book. The prizes recognise exceptional works of fiction and elevate the voices of nominated authors and translators by bringing ...