M John Harrison Wins Booker Prize for Science Fiction Novel 'The End of Everything'
The 81-year-old author becomes the oldest winner and first sci-fi writer to claim the award for his dystopian novel.
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First reported by News Feed, 3 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
13 publishers have covered this in 16 articles since 9 Nov 2026. News Feed published first, on 9 November at 21:57 UTC; The Guardian Culture followed 3 min later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 11 November at 16:05 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: News Feed (major outlet), The Guardian Culture (major outlet), The New York Times (major outlet), Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), The Economist (major outlet), France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines, BBC Entertainment, Deadline, South China Morning Post, Times of India, Hacker News, The A.V. Club and 1 more, all listed under Sources below.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- News FeedM John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction
- The Guardian CultureM John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical
- France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlinesUK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
- The New York TimesM. John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ Wins Booker Prize
- BBC Entertainment'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize
- DeadlineM. John Harrison Wins The 2026 Booker Prize With ‘The End Of Everything’
- South China Morning PostM. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’
- Times of IndiaBooker Prize 2026: 81-year-old M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever winner
- Hacker NewsM John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize
- Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraUK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Show 6 later sources
- The EconomistCivilisation has collapsed in England, and other odd ideas
- The A.V. ClubM. John Harrison and sci-fi genre win first Booker Prize for The End Of Everything
- New ScientistA science fiction novel has finally won the Booker prize. It’s about time
- The Guardian Culture‘We are dream-walking into a desperate situation’: the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien invasion wakeup call
- News FeedRage at 2008 financial crash inspired Booker-winning alien satire
- DeadlineM. John Harrison On Early Adaptation Interest & Why He Almost Added ‘A Film’ To His Booker-Winning Novel’s Title
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Rage at 2008 financial crash inspired Booker-winning alien satire News Feed ·
- ‘We are dream-walking into a desperate situation’: the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien invasion wakeup call The Guardian Culture ·
- Civilisation has collapsed in England, and other odd ideas The Economist ·
- UK author M John Harrison’s End of Everything wins Booker Prize Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
- M. John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ Wins Booker Prize The New York Times ·
- M John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical The Guardian Culture ·
Show 10 more sources
- M John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction News Feed ·
- M. John Harrison On Early Adaptation Interest & Why He Almost Added ‘A Film’ To His Booker-Winning Novel’s Title Deadline
- A science fiction novel has finally won the Booker prize. It’s about time New Scientist
- M. John Harrison and sci-fi genre win first Booker Prize for The End Of Everything The A.V. Club
- Booker Prize 2026: 81-year-old M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever winner Times of India
- M. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’ South China Morning Post
- M. John Harrison Wins The 2026 Booker Prize With ‘The End Of Everything’ Deadline
- 'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize BBC Entertainment
- UK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
- M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize Hacker News
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