The 2026 International Booker Prize

The 2026 International Booker Prize


Lauren Williams

The International Booker Prize 2026 celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, spotlighting extraordinary storytelling and the vital work of translators. This year’s shortlist showcases bold, genre-defying novels that cross borders and cultures, offering Australian readers fresh perspectives and unforgettable voices. At Harry Hartog Bookseller, we’re proud to champion these globally acclaimed titles, helping you discover the standout books, and shop the most talked-about international fiction of 2026.

Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize

Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, is a bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history and power

Translated by Lin King, the novel acts as a rediscovered Japanese travel memoir, exploring class, colonialism and love through the lens of two women’s culinary tour across Japan-controlled Taiwan in the 1930s. 

The 2026 International Booker shortlist

Taiwan Travelogue, by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King

The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, by Shida Bazyar, translated from German by Ruth Martin

She Who Remains, by Rene Karabash translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel

The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Ross Benjamin

On Earth As It Is Beneath, by Ana Paula Maia, translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan

The Witch, by Marie NDiaye, translated from French by Jordan Stump

The 2026 International Booker longlist

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn - 9780241752746
$35.00
Olga Ravn
The Wax Child
Unlike anything you've read before, The Wax Child is an extraordinary tale of witchcraft from...
The Witch
$32.99
Marie NDiaye
The Witch
In a small, sleepy town, a mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass...
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje - 9781761380136
$37.99
Anjet Daanje
The Remembered Soldier
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 THE NEW...
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann - 9781529435122
$34.99
Daniel Kehlmann
The Director
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year...
Women Without Men
$28.99
Shahrnush Parsipur
Women Without Men
A powerful and essential tale of female freedom This internationally acclaimed masterpiece by one of...
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Small Comfort
$24.99
Ia Genberg
Small Comfort
* * * LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 * * * 'You know,...
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar - 9781761381416
$29.99
Shida Bazyar
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight...
We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezon Camara - 9781787304765
$45.00
Gabriela Cabezon Camara
We Are Green and Trembling
The new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron- a...
The Deserters by Mathias Enard - 9781804271636
$32.99
Mathias Enard
The Deserters
Fleeing a nameless war, an unknown soldier emerges from deep within the Mediterranean scrubland, dirty...
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