Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize

<p>The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic writer and a debut novelist</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/22/i-read-163-novels-and-these-are-the-six-best-mary-beard-on-judgin