Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist | Books
Douglas Stuart and Marlon James, two earlier winners of the Booker, have been named on this yr’s longlist, alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, in a set that “rewards risk”. The 13 novels chosen for the 2026 prize, introduced on Tuesday, function authors of seven nationalities throughout three continents, with nearly half from the UK. Ten…