The shortlist has been selected for the 2026 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. All shortlisted authors will receive a magnum of Bollinger Special Cuvée and a copy of Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Everyman's Library). The winner, who will be announced November 30, receives a jeroboam and a case of Bollinger Special Cuvée, the complete set of the Everyman's Library P.G. Wodehouse collection, and a pig named after their winning book.
The shortlist:
A Good Person by Kirsten King
Black Bag by Luke Kennard
How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days by Sophie Irwin
Motherfaker by Anna Brook-Mitchell
Offseason by Avigayl Sharp
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad