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David Szalay's 6 favorite books -- Feature -- The Booker Prize-winning author recommends works by William Faulkner, Han Kang, and Sheila Heti -- The Week US -- Published

The Booker Prize-winning author recommends works by William Faulkner, Han Kang, and Sheila Heti

The Week - Top Stories - 25 minutes ago

Booker Prize gets its first 'sci-fi' winner -- In the Spotlight -- M. John Harrison hailed as 'titan' of overlooked genre, but post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything defies pigeonholing -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK

M. John Harrison hailed as ‘titan’ of overlooked genre, but post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything defies pigeonholing

The Week - Entertainment - 2 hours ago

81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest winner of $95k Booker Prize

Australian Broadcasting Corp - Top Stories - 3 hours ago

A 61-year-old Michigan woman thought her $30 scratch-off ticket had won $5,000, but a phone scan revealed a $2 million prize; she chose about $1.3 million in cash and plans to buy homes in Michigan and Florida

Times of India - World - 4 hours ago

British science fiction writer M. John Harrison becomes oldest winner of the Booker Prize for fiction

British science fiction writer M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction, breaking Margaret Atwood's record as oldest winner. Other finalists included Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart and Marlon James.

Los Angeles Times - Entertainment - 6 hours ago

Bollywood stars back Puri marathon with Rs10m prize -- m read

Gulf News - Entertainment - 6 hours ago

M John Harrison on his Booker Prize-winning novel -- Author M John Harrison has become the oldest ever winner of the Booker Prize, picking up the prestigious literary award for his post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything.

Author M John Harrison has become the oldest ever winner of the Booker Prize, picking up the prestigious literary award for his post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything.

BBC News - Entertainment - 6 hours ago

'The End of Everything' Becomes First Sci-Fi Novel to Win Booker Prize -- Books & Comics -- Cheryl Eddy

Gizmodo - Technology - 7 hours ago

Bollywood stars back Puri marathon with Rs10m prize

Gulf News - Sports - 7 hours ago

M. John Harrison's dystopian novel wins 2026 Booker Prize

Daily Sabah - Entertainment - 8 hours ago

M. John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

It’s the first work of science fiction to take the prestigious literary award, but 81-year-old author, M. John Harrison, said he doesn’t want to be hemmed in by the sci-fi label.

NBC News - Top Stories - 10 hours ago

M John Harrison wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel The End Of Everything

He has become the oldest winner in the history of the Booker Prize, surpassing The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood.

Evening Standard - Entertainment - 11 hours ago

M John Harrison wins Booker Prize for 'End of Everything'

The judges of the prestigious English literary prize praised the novel for it's "extraordinary expert writing and huge ambition" - Harrison is the oldest ever recipient of the prize that is famed for kickstarting careers and says he feels like a proper writer at last.

Euronews - Entertainment - 12 hours ago

M John Harrison becomes oldest Booker Prize winner at 81

Independent UK - Entertainment - 13 hours ago

The End of Everything is a bleak Booker winner for our chaotic times

Independent UK - Entertainment - 13 hours ago

2026 Booker Prize goes to post-apocalyptic, sci-fi novel The End of Everything

English author M. John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything, a post-apocalyptic adventure that explores what it means to be human in a shifting world. It's the first time a science fiction writer has won the annual prize, which honours the best novel written in English.

CBC News - Top Stories - 14 hours ago

'The End of Everything' by M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction

British writer M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The End of Everything,” a satirical dystopian novel whose themes of “catastrophe and apocalypse” chime with our uneasy times.

CTV News - Entertainment - 15 hours ago

$12.2 million Toto prize pool split between two winning tickets

The Straits Times - Top Stories - 16 hours ago

The 5 authors up for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The winner of the $70K prize will be announced on Nov. 10.

CBC News - Top Stories - 17 hours ago

2026 Booker Prize goes to post-apocalyptic, sci-fi novel The End of Everything -- Books -- |

English author M. John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything, a post-apocalyptic adventure that explores what it means to be human in a shifting world. It's the first time a science fiction writer has won the annual prize, which honours the best novel written in English.

CBC News - World - 17 hours ago

'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize -- M John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81.

M John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81.

BBC News - Entertainment - 19 hours ago

Against the odds, 81-year-old author claims Booker Prize

The British science fiction writer beat the favourites to become the oldest winner of the prestigious prize.

Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment - 19 hours ago

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

Guardian UK - Entertainment - 19 hours ago

Apocalyptic sci-fi novel 'The End of Everything' wins this year's Booker Prize

NPR - Top Stories - 20 hours ago

M. John Harrison wins Booker Prize for novel about a world in crisis

The Globe and Mail - World - 20 hours ago

M. John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of The Booker Prize at the age of 81 for his post-apocalyptic satire The End Of Everything

Daily Mail - Health - 20 hours ago

Oldest ever author wins Booker Prize 2026 at the age of 81

Evening Standard - Top Stories - 20 hours ago

I've read the Booker Prize shortlist 2026 – this is my winning book

Evening Standard - Top Stories - 1 day ago

Find out who's in the running for this year's Booker Prize -- The winner of this year's literary award will be announced in London on Monday.

The winner of this year's literary award will be announced in London on Monday.

BBC News - Entertainment - 1 day ago

GPHG 2026: Rexhep Rexhepi wins top prize at 'Oscars of watchmaking'

At this year's luxury watch awards, 84 timepieces and clocks were in competition across 14 categories, including sports, calendar and astronomy, jewellery and mechanical exception.

Euronews - Entertainment - 1 day ago

The Greek island of Rhodes is home to fragrant pine and thyme honeys, prized for generations.

The Greek island of Rhodes is home to fragrant pine and thyme honeys, prized for generations.

Deutsche Welle - Environment - 1 day ago

F1 prize money - how much will Mercedes get for winning the Constructors' Championship?

Daily Express - Sports - 2 days ago

Premium Bonds customers issued new eight-year warning -- Nearly two-thirds (62%) of Premium Bond holders have never won anything in a prize draw, the...

Daily Express - Business - 2 days ago

The Eurocentric, Myopic, Bias Of The Nobel Prizes

Deccan Chronicle - Opinion - 2 days ago

Paris Masters 2026: Carlos Alcaraz's potential eye-watering prize money revealed as he eyes maiden final after securing €290,960 for reaching semis

Times of India - Sports - 3 days ago

I've read the Booker 2026 shortlist. Two novels are brilliant on living through the mess of the 2020s

Irish Times - Entertainment - 3 days ago

The Booker Prize still a powerful driver in sales, say booksellers

Independent UK - Entertainment - 4 days ago

Winner of France's top literary prize admits using AI for novel

Euronews - Entertainment - 6 days ago

Cristina Fernández Cubas wins 2026 Cervantes Prize for Spanish literature

Euronews - Entertainment - 6 days ago

Six books are vying for the Booker Prize. One stands above the rest

Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment - 6 days ago

National campaign fighting migrant worker exploitation wins $50,000 prize

Toronto Star - Health - 6 days ago

Winners and gender gap issues of the science Nobel Prizes | Podcast

Euronews - Business - 11 days ago

Elke Sommer, German-born star of 'A Shot in the Dark' and 'The Prize,' dies at 85

New York Daily News - US News - 12 days ago

Pulitzer Prize announcement has to be fully transparent

New York Daily News - Opinion - 12 days ago

FACT FOCUS: Kennedy's 'Arabs don't produce science' claim meets a Nobel Prize reality check

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science - 13 days ago

Previous winner of Mustafa Prize donates $160,000

Mehr News Agency - Entertainment - 16 days ago

Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest

Ole Bielfeldt of Germany captured a microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper.

Ars Technica - Science - 18 days ago

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Says Netanyahu Should Stand Trial for Gaza War

Haaretz - World - 26 days ago

The more I see of Burnham, the more convinced I am that, far from being the saviour his cheerleaders claim, he is a prize dud, against whom Starmer will soon seem a towering genius.

Daily Mail - Opinion - 27 days ago

Five Lessons from Booker T. Washington, Author of 'Up From Slavery'

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 29 days ago

Trump Says Nobel Peace Prize Winner 'Hates Israel', Award Should've Gone to Him

Haaretz - World - 1 month ago

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on ICC Hours After Former Judge Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Haaretz - World - 1 month ago

Israel Denounces Nobel Peace Prize Winner Over Gaza Genocide Probe

Haaretz - World - 1 month ago

Nobel Peace Prize: Navi Pillay, Head of UN Probe That Upheld Gaza Genocide Claim

Haaretz - World - 1 month ago

Stanford professor says he was in a 'dream-like state' after winning Nobel prize

NBC News - Science - 1 month ago

Nobel Prize given to scientists who solved 'mirror image' mystery

Independent UK - Science - 1 month ago

How winning a Nobel Prize can give you delusions of grandeur

After being chosen for one of the world's most prestigious awards, some Nobel laureates lose touch with reality and suddenly start spouting unscientific nonsense. They're afflicted by what some have called "Nobelitis."

Deutsche Welle - Health - 1 month ago

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

The Mercury News - Science - 1 month ago

Stanford professor wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

The Mercury News - Science - 1 month ago

'I almost couldn't speak': Stanford's Karl Deisseroth shares Nobel Prize for optogenetics, still has to pack school lunches

The Mercury News - Science - 1 month ago

California Scientist Celebrates Nobel Prize By Making His Kids' School Lunches

In between congratulatory phone calls, Dr. Karl Deisseroth took care of his children’s lunchtime needs.

Huffington Post - Science - 1 month ago

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science - 1 month ago

Taylor Swift becomes most-awarded artist in MTV VMAs history, dedicates top prize to Dolly Parton

New York Daily News - Entertainment - 1 month ago

Otherworldly Turner Prize show is one of the best in recent memory

Independent UK - Entertainment - 1 month ago

Techie sent to fix Nobel Prize winner's PC almost set it on fire

Register UK - Technology - 1 month ago

Illinois man's birthday present wins him a $1M lottery prize

UPI - Weird - 2 months ago

Odd News - Illinois man's birthday present wins him a $1M lottery prize

UPI - Top Stories - 2 months ago

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science

The Mercury News - Science - 2 months ago

Cleverly will give Khan a real fight but eyes may be on a bigger prize

Evening Standard - Opinion - 2 months ago

The serpent in the code: What allegations of AI usage in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize mean for regions like the Caribbean

Global Voices - Technology - 2 months ago

Susumu Tonegawa, a UCSD graduate who won a Nobel Prize in medicine, dies at 86

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science - 3 months ago

Nobel Prize winner predicts when humanity ends and it's terrifyingly close

Daily Express - Weird - 6 months ago

The Molly National Journalism Prize

Texas Observer - Top Stories - 7 months ago

Man Who Earned Jet in Pepsi Points in 1996 Finally Gets His Prize in Super Bowl Ad — Sort of (Exclusive)

In 1996, John Leonard took Pepsi's ad to redeem 7 million loyalty points for a fighter jet as an actual offer. The company laughed it off and won in court. Thirty years later, Leonard is turning those points into free flights for life, thanks to Frontier

People - Entertainment - 9 months ago

The New York Times Is Giving Prizes to Itself Now

New York Magazine - Opinion - 9 months ago

Nobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad -- Apparently people just have better things to do than win the world's most prestigious prize.

Gizmodo - Science - 1 year ago

Inside the mindset of six Kiwis chasing the ultimate Bathurst prize

NZ Herald - World - 1 year ago

2025 Florida Python Challenge: What to Know About Event -- By B. Scott McLendon -- The state is offering $25,000 in prizes for hunters who "remove" the most Burmese pythons.

The state is offering $25,000 in prizes for hunters who "remove" the most Burmese pythons.

Miami New Times - Environment - 1 year ago