Lucy & Aaron star their thoughts n what did & didn't make it to the shortlist.

We'll be reading one book a week until the winner is announced.

Our current reading schedule:

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

She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from the Bulgarian by Izidora Angel, published by Peirene Press

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, published by And Other Stories

The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump, published by MacLehose Press

The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated from the German by Ruth Martin, published by Scribe UK

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin, published by riverrun

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Lucy & Aaron discuss this year's International Booker Prize long-list and share their picks for the shortlist.

After tomorrow's announcement we'll be sharing our reactions to the books that have made it onto the shortlist and we'll be setting out our reading schedule for the next 6 weeks before the winner is announced.

The book club has covered this award in 2025, the Booker Prize 2025 & the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026.

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Ahead of the winner announcement Aaron & Lucy spoke with the director of the award and one of this year's judges.

The insight helps us understand the prize and what is considered when deciding between the books.

We'll be jumping into another shortlist next week; the International Booker Prize 2026.

Before then we've got our interviews with the team who brought you Eden's Shore.

Check out our previous episodes on some of the shortlisted & longlisted books from this year's Queen Mary Prize, our chapter-by-chapter read along of Eden's Shore & last year's International Booker Prize shortlist.