It's Booker season. Test your knowledge of the world's top literary prize

It's Booker season. Test your knowledge of the world's top literary prize

Who won the Booker Prize in 2026? And what is the "Booker bounce"? Do our quiz to find out.

The Booker Prize, worth 50,000 British pounds ($95,000), is one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

This year, the judges "wrestled like pigs in the mud" in their deliberations to decide the shortlist, according to judge and previous Booker Prize-nominee Patricia Lockwood.

But they were unanimous in their choice of the winner, announced this week at a ceremony in London.

To celebrate, we've put together a quiz to test your knowledge of Bookers past and present.

In brief

The Booker Prize, worth 50,000 British pounds ($95,000), is one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. This year, the judges "wrestled like pigs in the mud" in their deliberations to decide the shortlist, according to judge and previous Booker Prize-nominee Patricia Lockwood. To celebrate, we've put together a quiz to test your knowledge of Bookers past and present.

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