Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist Spans Six Remarkably Different Worlds

The Booker Prize 2026 has chosen six novels for its shortlist.

Each book tells a very different story.

One imagines Britain after a major disaster.

Another is set in queer Jamaica.

A third focuses on a strange experiment at a university.

Another takes readers to a medieval court.

The remaining books explore contemporary America and a remote Scottish island.

Together, the novels offer many different worlds to visit through reading.

The article says the list may appeal even to people who do not usually follow literary prizes.