Overview
- The winner was announced Monday evening at 9:45pm GMT at Old Billingsgate in London and the ceremony was streamed live.
- M. John Harrison, 81, won for The End of Everything, a dystopian satire that judges said reframes present politics through a near‑future lens.
- Bookmakers had favoured Marlon James and Douglas Stuart before the result, and either author would have become a rare two‑time Booker winner if they had won.
- This year’s six‑book shortlist included The Disappearers (Marlon James), John of John (Douglas Stuart), The Things We Never Say (Elizabeth Strout), The End of Everything (M. John Harrison), Black Bag (Luke Kennard), and May We Feed the King (Rebecca Perry).
- The panel chaired by classicist Mary Beard praised the shortlist’s wide range of genres and themes, and the £50,000 prize is expected to boost sales and profiles for the winning author and shortlisted writers.