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A Sci-Fi Novel Just Won the Booker Prize for the First Time
22 newsrooms covered this story. These two put it most differently.
Marlon James or Douglas Stuart could snag a Booker double when the fiction prize is awarded
Booker Prize 2026: 81-year-old M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever winner
Every headline, by side
Left 8
- Marlon James or Douglas Stuart could snag a Booker double when the fiction prize is awarded
ABC News, lean left
- Apocalyptic sci-fi novel 'The End of Everything' wins this year's Booker Prize
NPR, lean left
- M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize
The Guardian
- M John Harrison becomes oldest Booker Prize winner at 81 for The End of Everything
The Independent, lean left
- Against the odds, 81-year-old author claims Booker Prize
The Sydney Morning Herald, lean left
- U.K. writer M. John Harrison wins Booker for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
The Hindu, lean left
- UK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Al Jazeera, lean left
- The Booker Prize proves I know nothing about books
New Statesman
Right 3
- Booker Prize awarded to 'genre-defying' 81-year-old writer
GB News, lean right
- Booker Prize 2026: 81-year-old M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever winner
The Times of India, lean right
- British writer John Harrison wins 2026 Booker Prize for 'The End of Everything'
The Straits Times, lean right
Centre 7
- Find out who's in the running for this year's Booker Prize
BBC News
- M. John Harrison wins Booker Prize for novel about a world in crisis
The Globe and Mail
- UK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker Prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
France 24
- Post-apocalyptic science fiction novel wins 2026 Booker Prize
RNZ
- Post-apocalyptic science fiction novel wins 2026 Booker Prize
NZ Herald
- M. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for The End of Everything
South China Morning Post
- M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever Booker Prize winner at 81 for ‘The End of Everything’
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