The Booker Prize for fiction is awarded to a novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The International Booker Prize is awarded to a book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Honors authors based in the UK and Ireland across five categories: First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry, and Children’s Book.

Awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country. The award is based on an author's body of work as a whole and not on a specific work.