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National Book Foundation Reveals 2026 Longlists for Young People’s and Translated Literature

The longlists spotlight translated books and smaller publishers as the awards move toward October finalists and November winners.

Deutscher Buchpreis 2026 Longlist Names 20 Novels, Many First‑Time Nominees

Booker Prize 2026 Announces 13‑Book Longlist Led by James, Stuart and Strout

Sigrid Nunez Releases First Collected Short Stories

The Millions Releases 130-Title Summer Reading List

Bilbao and Madrid Book Fairs Open With Strong Institutional Backing

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 Unveils 16-Book Longlist

Gonçalo M. Tavares Wins 2026 Formentor Prize for Letters

Elvira Mínguez Wins 30th Premio Primavera de Novela for 'La educación del monstruo'

Leipzig Book Fair Prize Unveils 2026 Shortlists Across Fiction, Nonfiction and Translation

Toriyama and Hatakeyama Win Akutagawa Prize as Shimazu Takes Naoki Prize

On the Sand, Readers Defy Bestseller Lists Across Pinamar, Mar del Plata and Punta del Este

Barcelona’s FIL Guadalajara Showcase Accelerates the Global Push for Catalan Literature

Big Book Awards Name Eduard Verkin and Zoya Boguslavskaya 2025 Laureates

David Szalay Wins 2025 Booker Prize for 'Flesh'

Paulien Cornelisse Wins 2025 NS Publieksprijs for ‘De verwarde cavia – Terug op kantoor’

Fernanda Trías Wins 2025 Sor Juana Prize for 'El monte de las furias'

Caroline Wahl Embraces Polarization at Frankfurt Book Fair

Krasznahorkai’s 2025 Nobel Revives Interest in Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó

Kirkus Prize 2025 Winners: The Slip, King of Kings, Everybelly