The 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist, highlighting translated fiction, featured Taiwan Travelogue (Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin by Lin King), The Director (Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Ross Benjamin), The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran (Shida Bazyar, translated from German by Ruth Martin), She Who Remains (Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel), On Earth As It Is Beneath (Ana Paula Maia, translated from Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan), and The Witch (Marie NDiaye, translated from French by Jordan Stump).

The 2026 International Booker Prize was awarded to Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King. It is a story exploring love, colonialism, and food, and it made history as the first book translated from Taiwanese Mandarin to win the award.