M John Harrison wins the Booker prize for sci-fi novel The End of Everything

Summary

British science fiction writer M John Harrison, 81, won the Booker prize for fiction for The End of Everything, his 13th novel, and became the oldest author to win the prize. The novel is the first science fiction book to win the Booker in its 58-year history. Set on the Kent coast, it is an apocalyptic story about what happens when non-human intelligence takes over. Harrison said it was interesting that a book with an SF-adjacent feel could be regarded as serious and given the prize, and added that he does not believe in genre.

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1. The Guardian

   11 Nov 2026, 05:00 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian reports that M John Harrison, 81, became the oldest author to win the Booker prize for fiction with The End of Everything, the first science fiction novel to win the prize in its 58-year history.