Booker Prize judges reveal shortlisted novels after selection 'tussle'
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The Booker Prize 2026 judges are Rebecca Liu, Jarvis Cocker, Dame Mary Beard, Raymond Antrobus and Patricia Lockwood Past Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have been shortlisted for the prestigious literary award again, after a selection process that the judges described as "a tussle".
2026 年布克奖评委包括 Rebecca Liu、Jarvis Cocker、Dame Mary Beard、Raymond Antrobus 和 Patricia Lockwood 过去的布克奖获得者马龙·詹姆斯和道格拉斯·斯图尔特在经过评委们形容为“一场斗争”的评选过程后，再次入围这一享有声望的文学奖。
Jamaican writer James is nominated this year for his latest novel The Disappearers; while Scottish author Stuart is shortlisted for John of John.
牙买加作家詹姆斯今年因其最新小说《消失者》获得提名；苏格兰作家斯图尔特则因《约翰的约翰》入围。
This year's other contenders are award-winning US novelist Elizabeth Strout, and British authors M John Harrison, Luke Kennard and Rebecca Perry.
今年的其他竞争者包括屡获殊荣的美国小说家伊丽莎白·斯特劳特以及英国作家约翰·哈里森、卢克·肯纳德和丽贝卡·佩里。
But seven books that appeared on the longlist in July have been jettisoned, and Dame Mary Beard, who chaired the judging panel, said agreeing on the final six "has been, to put it mildly, hard work".
但七月份出现在长名单上的七本书已被放弃，评委会主席玛丽·比尔德夫人表示，就最后六本书达成一致“温和地说，是一项艰苦的工作”。
Scroll down to find out more about this year's nominees.
向下滚动以了解有关今年提名者的更多信息。
James previously won the Booker Prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings, while Stuart won in 2020 for Shuggie Bain.
詹姆斯曾于 2015 年凭借《七杀简史》获得布克奖，而斯图尔特则于 2020 年凭借《舒吉·贝恩》获得布克奖。
Praising this year's entries, Dame Mary added: "English language fiction now is full of talent – talent old and talent new.
玛丽夫人在赞扬今年的参赛作品时补充道：“英语小说现在充满了才华——旧的才华和新的才华。
"It's full of wit, seriousness, pleasure, challenge, discomfort and real brilliance, and I think we should be rewarding our novelists a lot more than we do."
“它充满了智慧、严肃、快乐、挑战、不适和真正的才华，我认为我们应该比我们更多地奖励我们的小说家。”
The other judges included former Booker Prize-shortlisted US novelist Patricia Lockwood, who said she discovered she was "bossier than I believed myself to be" when making the case for or against particular books in the judges' meetings.
其他评委包括前布克奖入围美国小说家帕特里夏·洛克伍德（Patricia Lockwood），她说，在评委会议上支持或反对特定书籍时，她发现自己“比我想象的还要专横”。
"I was sort of standing up a lot and tossing books across the room and being really active.
“我经常站起来，在房间里扔书，非常活跃。
I was like, 'Wow, yeah, I didn't know I had it in me'." Another judge, poet Raymond Antrobus, told reporters: "All of us individually had a different idea for a shortlist and then it was a tussle."
我当时想，‘哇，是的，我不知道我身上有这样的东西’。” 另一位评委、诗人雷蒙德·安特罗布斯告诉记者：“我们每个人对入围名单都有不同的想法，然后就发生了争执。”
Lockwood jokingly added: "A tussle, yeah.
洛克伍德开玩笑地补充道：“是的，一场争斗。
We wrestled like pigs in the mud!" Antrobus said the final choices are connected because they are books that "as well as having heart, also took risk".
我们像猪一样在泥里摔跤！” 安特罗布斯表示，最终的选择是相互关联的，因为它们是“既有勇气，也有冒险”的书。
"These books, we truly believe, cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence.
“我们坚信，这些书无法被人工智能复制。
These are very human books for the way they talk about and navigate a lived experience." The judging line-up was completed by journalist, editor and critic Rebecca Liu and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, who said being on the selection panel was "a bit like being in a band".
这些书非常人性化，因为它们谈论和引导生活经历的方式。” 评审阵容由记者、编辑兼评论家丽贝卡·刘 (Rebecca Liu) 和纸浆乐队主唱贾维斯·科克 (Jarvis Cocker) 组成，他表示，进入评选小组“有点像在乐队中”。
He said: "The way a band makes an appealing noise is by everybody combining, in a way, and if you don't like that then you have to go solo.
他说：“乐队发出吸引人的声音的方式是每个人在某种程度上联合起来，如果你不喜欢这样，那么你就必须独奏。
"You get something that you couldn't get [alone] and no-one's in control of it and you make a good noise together.
“你得到了一些你无法[单独]得到的东西，没有人可以控制它，但你们一起发出了很好的声音。
So I hope that's what this shortlist is, a nice noise." Cocker read some of the entries while on tour, and said he joined one judges' meeting online while wearing a dressing gown in a hotel room in Australia at 02:00 local time.
所以我希望这就是这个入围名单，一个很好的声音。” 科克在巡回演出时阅读了一些参赛作品，并表示他于当地时间 02:00 在澳大利亚的一家酒店房间穿着晨衣参加了一场在线评委会议。
"When you're on tour, it's quite dull when you're travelling so it was quite good to have something to read," he said.
“当你在巡演时，旅行会很无聊，所以有东西读是很好的，”他说。
"I became known for being in those meetings wearing a towelling robe."
“我因穿着毛巾长袍参加那些会议而出名。”
The End of Everything by M John Harrison An unexplained catastrophe, and the arrival of mysterious alien beings, have turned British society upside down - and a man and his elderly aunt muddle through on the Kent coast.
一切的终结作者：约翰·哈里森 一场无法解释的灾难和神秘外星人的到来，让英国社会发生了翻天覆地的变化——一名男子和他年迈的姨妈在肯特海岸度过了难关。
It's the author's first Booker nomination, and he'd be the oldest ever winner at 81.
这是这位作家首次获得布克奖提名，他 81 岁高龄，成为历史上最年长的获奖者。
The judges said: "The End of Everything can be read as a thriller, a mystery, a satire, a dystopia, a road novel, a work of realism. The landscape may be bleak, the catastrophe may be immersive, yet there still were moments we found ourselves laughing aloud."
评委们表示：“《一切的终结》可以被解读为惊悚片、悬疑片、讽刺片、反乌托邦片、公路小说、现实主义作品。 风景可能是荒凉的，灾难可能是身临其境的，但仍有一些时刻我们发现自己放声大笑。”
This epic, visceral story revolves around a violent attack on eight gay men who had gathered to rehearse a queer play in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1988, and its aftermath. The New York Times called it "a masterpiece, the novel of the decade and possibly of the century thus far".
这部感人至深的史诗故事围绕 1988 年牙买加金斯顿八名同性恋男子聚集在一起排练酷儿戏剧时遭受的暴力袭击及其后果展开。 《纽约时报》称其为“一部杰作，是这十年乃至本世纪迄今为止的小说”。
The judges said: "A Jamaican epic from one of the most impactful Caribbean novelists today; readers will love the shifting register of the dialogue and poetic phrasings, often pierced through with sharp, double-edged humour." An out-of work actor gets a new role - being locked in a black bag during psychology lectures for an entire term as a professor's experiment.
评委们表示：“当今最具影响力的加勒比小说家之一的牙买加史诗；读者会喜欢对话和诗意措辞的变化语调，通常充满尖锐的双刃幽默。” 一名失业的演员得到了一个新角色——在整个学期的心理学讲座中被锁在一个黑包里，作为教授的实验。
The story unfolds into a humorous and poignant satire that makes sharp observations about the state of modern masculinity and creative life.
故事以幽默而辛酸的讽刺形式展开，对现代男性气质和创意生活的现状进行了尖锐的观察。
The judges said: "In a wonderfully quirky campus novel, Kennard combines an absurd experiment with a moving story about human frailty, passion, confusion and identity. There's something for everyone here."
评委们表示：“在一部极其离奇的校园小说中，肯纳德将荒诞的实验与关于人类脆弱、激情、困惑和身份的感人故事结合在一起。 这里每个人都能找到适合自己的东西。”
A modern-day museum curator is commissioned to recreate a past scene in a historic palace, and becomes immersed in the world of the young, reluctant king whose life she uncovers. It is the debut novel by Perry, who is also a poet and a former competitive trampolinist.
一位现代博物馆馆长受命在一座历史悠久的宫殿中重现过去的场景，并沉浸在这位年轻而不情愿的国王的世界中，她揭开了他的生活。 这是佩里的处女作，佩里也是一位诗人和前蹦床竞技运动员。
The judges said: "An affecting and lush jewel of a novel that moves between our present-day world to a medieval court and unsettles the idea that there's ever one universal historical truth." The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout Strout, a former Pulitzer Prize winner and double Booker nominee, tells the story of a high school history teacher in his 50s who feels adrift in modern America.
评委们表示：“这是一部感人至深的小说瑰宝，它从当今世界到中世纪宫廷，颠覆了普遍历史真理存在的观念。” 《我们从未说过的话》作者：伊丽莎白·斯特劳特 斯特劳特是前普利策奖获得者和两次布克奖提名者，讲述了一位 50 多岁的高中历史老师在现代美国感到漂泊的故事。
When a secret emerges, he must face big questions about his relationships and life choices.
当一个秘密浮出水面时，他必须面对有关他的人际关系和人生选择的重大问题。
The judges said: "A novel that engages with the deeply divisive politics of present-day America, without itself becoming divisive.
评委们表示：“一部小说涉及当今美国严重分裂的政治，但其本身却没有成为分裂。
This is the kind of book we need now: a calm antidote to contemporary events." The third novel by Stuart is about a fashion student who is drawn back to his home in a small, religious community in the Outer Hebrides in the mid-1990s.
这就是我们现在需要的书：当代事件的冷静解药。” 斯图尔特的第三部小说讲述了 20 世纪 90 年代中期，一名时尚系学生被带回到外赫布里底群岛一个小型宗教社区的家中的故事。
He and his father both nurse secrets. And both are called John.
他和他的父亲都保守着秘密。 两人都叫约翰。
The judges said: "A rich and moving novel about a father and son who live on a remote Scottish island in the 1990s, where small-town secrets and buried shame reverberate to surprising, devastating and even joyous effect." The winner will receive £50,000 and will be announced in London on 9 November. The ceremony will be broadcast live on a special edition of BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
评委们表示：“这是一部内容丰富、感人至深的小说，讲述了 20 世纪 90 年代一对生活在苏格兰偏远岛屿上的父子的故事，小镇的秘密和埋藏的耻辱回荡着令人惊讶、毁灭性甚至欢乐的效果。” 获胜者将获得 50,000 英镑，并将于 11 月 9 日在伦敦宣布。 颁奖典礼将在 BBC 广播 4 台 Front Row 的特别版中现场直播。
Longlisted books that did not make the final cut included Emma Cline's Switzy, which had been seen by some as a frontrunner for the prize.
未进入最终剪辑的入围书籍包括艾玛·克莱恩的《Switzy》，该书被一些人视为该奖项的领跑者。
"Believe me, this is a nailed-on Booker winner," critic Giles Coren wrote in the Times, external this weekend. "If this one doesn't win, I'll eat Mary Beard."
“相信我，这绝对是布克奖得主，”评论家贾尔斯·科伦 (Giles Coren) 在本周末对外发布的《泰晤士报》上写道。 “如果这个赢不了，我就吃掉玛丽·比尔德。”
Dame Mary responded on Tuesday: "I know Giles Coren said he wants to eat me if Switzy isn't on the shortlist.
玛丽夫人周二回应道：“我知道吉尔斯·科伦说，如果斯维茨不在候选名单上，他想吃掉我。
"Well, I'm going to get the cooker prepared and ask him how he wants me done."
“好吧，我去把炊具准备好，然后问他要我怎么做。”
Booker Prize longlist: See the 13 'dynamite' novels up for this year's prestigious award
布克奖入围名单：查看角逐今年久负盛名的奖项的 13 部“爆炸性”小说
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