The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring 13 books translated from 11 languages, by authors and translators representing 14 nationalities across four continents.
With themes ranging from witchcraft to war, revolution to renewal, and magic to murder, the longlist included two books first published in their original languages more than 30 years ago.
The longlisted books feature memorable characters, including a queer Argentinian conquistador, a celebrated East Berlin mathematician dedicated to algebra and communism, a morally compromised German film director, a ‘sworn virgin’ who renounces womanhood, a child-star-turned-thief, a Japanese…