International Booker

Shortlist
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
She Who Remains by Rene Karabash
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia
The Witch by Marie NDiaye
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

Longlist
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje
The Deserters by Mathias Énard
Small Comfort by Ia Genberg
She Who Remains by Rene Karabash
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia
The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre
The Witch by Marie NDiaye
Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

The winning book will be announced on Tuesday, 19 May 2026 at a ceremony at Tate Modern in London.

The Judges

Natasha Brown
Marcus du Sautoy
Sophie Hughes
Troy Onyango
Nilanjana S. Roy