The International Booker Prize

2026

  • The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated by Ruth Martin- (kortlisten)
  • We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Myers
  • The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje,translated by David McKay
  • The Deserters by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell
  • Small Comfort by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson
  • She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated by Izidora Angel- (kortlisten)
  • The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin- (kortlisten)
  • On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan- (kortlisten)
  • The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre, translated by Antonella Lettieri
  • The Witch by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump-(kortlisten)
  • Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated by Faridoun Farrokh
  • The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken
  • Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King -(kortlisten)-VINNER!

2025

  • The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem,translated by Sinan Antoon
  • On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, tranlated by Barbara J. Haveland– (kortlisten)
  • There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gäelle Bèlem, tranlated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
  • Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu, translated by Sean Cotter
  • Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, tranlated by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary
  • Small boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson-(kortlisten)
  • Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated by Polly Barton
  • Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda-(kortlisten)
  • Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles
  • Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes-(kortlisten)
  • Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi-(kortlisten) -VINNER!
  • On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated by Lucy Scott
  • A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated by Mark Hutchinson-(kortlisten)

2024

  • Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott- (kortlisten)
  • Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderon, translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel Hahn  
  • Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann- (kortlisten) -VINNER!
  • The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson-Sverige- (kortlisten)
  • White Nights by Urszula Honek, translated by Kate Webster  
  • Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae- (kortlisten) 
  • A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson  
  • The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris Dralyuk
  • What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey-  (kortlisten)
  • Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko  
  • The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky
  • Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz-  (kortlisten)
  • Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia Sanches


2023

  • Ninth building by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang (Honford star) Kina
  • A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson,translated by Nichola Smalley (Scribe UK)
  • Stillborn by Guadalupe Nettel,translated by Rosalind Harvey (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Mexico-(kortlisten)
  • Pyre by Perumal Murugan,translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Pushkin Press) India
  • While we were dreaming by Clemens Meyer, translated by Katy Derbyshire (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Tyskland
  • The birthday party by Laurent Mauvignier,translated by Daniel Levin Becker (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Frankrike
  • Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Reuben Woolley (MacLehose Press) Ukraina
  • Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund (Verso) Norge
  • Standing Heavy by GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne (MacLehose Press) Elfenbenskysten-(kortlisten)
  • Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel  (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)Bulgaria(kortlisten)
  • The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé ,translated by Richard Philcox (World Editions) Guadeloupe-(kortlisten)
  • Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim ( Europa Editions) Sør-Korea-(kortlisten)
  • Boulder by Eva Baltasar,translated by Julia Sanches ( And Other Stories) Spania-(kortlisten)-VINNER!

2022

  • Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell (Tilted Axis) India-(kortlisten) VINNER!
  • Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Honford Star) Sør-Korea- (kortlisten)
  • A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls (Fitzcarraldo) Norge- (kortlisten)
  • Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd (Picador) Japan- (kortlisten)
  • Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle (Charco) Argentina- (kortlisten)
  • The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo) Polen- (kortlisten)
  • After The Sun by Jonas Eika, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg (Lolli) Danmark
  • More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen (Jonathan Cape) Israel
  • The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman, translated by Leslie Camhi (Virago) Frankrike
  • Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes (Fitzcarraldo) Mexico
  • Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur (Tilted Axis) Sør-Korea
  • Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao (Tilted Axis) Indonesia 
  • Phenotypes by Paulo Scott, translated by Daniel Hahn (And Other Stories) Brasil

2021

  • At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated by Anna Mocschovakis, Pushkin Press- (kortlisten) VINNER!
  • The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell, Granta Books- (kortlisten)
  • When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, translated by Adrian Nathan West, Pushkin Press- (kortlisten)
  • The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken, Lolli Editions- (kortlisten)
  • In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale, Fitzcarraldo Editions- (kortlisten)
  • The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard, translated by Mark Polizzotti, Pan Macmillan, Picador -(kortlisten)
  • I Live in the Slums by Can Xue, translated by Karen Gernant & Chen Zeping, Yale University Press
  • The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili, translated by Elizabeth Heighway, Peirene Press
  • Summer Brother by Jaap Robben, translated by David Doherty, World Editions
  • An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky, translated by Jackie Smith, Quercus, MacLehose Press
  • Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, Fitzcarraldo Editions
  • The Perfect Nine:The Epic Gikuyu and Mumbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, translated by the author, Vintage, Harvill Secker
  • Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý, translated by Nichola Smalley, And Other Stories

2020

  • The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar,translates by Anonymous (Europa Editions)- (kortlisten)
  • The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara,translates by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh (Charco Press)- (kortlisten)
  • Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann,translated by Ross Benjamin (Quercus)- (kortlisten)
  • Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor,translated by Sophie Hughes  (Fitzcarraldo Editions)- (kortlisten)
  • The Memory Police  by Yoko Ogawa,translated by Stephen Snyder (Harvill Secker)- (kortlisten)
  • The Discomfort of Evening  by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld,translated by Michele Hutchison (Faber & Faber)- (kortlisten)-VINNER!
  • Red Dog  by Willem Anker,translated by Michiel Heyns (Pushkin Press)
  • The Other Name: Septology I-II  by Jon Fosse,translated by Damion Searls (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
  • The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili,translated by Charlotte Collins og Ruth Martin  (Scribe UK)
  • Serotonin  by Michel Houellebecq,translated by Shaun Whiteside (William Heinemann)
  • Faces on the Tip of My Tongue  by Emmanuelle Pagano,translated by Sophie Lewis og Jennifer Higgins (Peirene Press)
  • Little Eyes by Samantha Schweblin,translated by Megan McDowell  (Oneworld)
  • Mac and His Problem  by Enrique Vila-Matas,translated by Margaret Jull Costa og Sophie Hughes (Harvill Secker)

2019

  • Celestial Bodies by Johka Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth (Sandstone Press Ltd)-(kortlisten) -VINNER!
  • Love In The New Millennium  by Can Xue,translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (Yale University Press)
  • The Years  by Annie Ernaux,translated by Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo Editions)-(kortlisten)
  • At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong,translated by Sora Kim-Russell (Scribe, UK)
  • Jokes For The Gunmen  by Mazen Maarouf,translated by Jonathan Wright (Granta, Portobello Books)
  • Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli,translated by Sam Taylor (Granta, Portobello Books)
  • The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann,translated by Jen Calleja (Profile Books, Serpent’s Tail)-(kortlisten)
  • Mouthful Of Birds by Samanta Schweblin,translated by Megan McDowell (Oneworld)
  • The Faculty Of Dreams  by Sara Stridsberg,translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner (Quercus, MacLehose Press)
  • Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk,translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions)– (kortlisten)
  • The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez,translated by Anne McLean (Quercus, MacLehose Press)- (kortlisten)
  • The Death Of Murat Idrissi  by Tommy Wieringa,translated by Sam Garrett (Scribe, UK)
  •  The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran,translated by Sophie Hughes, (And Other Stories)-(kortlisten)

2018

  • The 7th Function of Language by Laurent Binet,translated by Sam Taylor (Harvill Secker)
  • The Impostor by Javier Cercas,translated by Frank Wynne (MacLehose Press)-(kortlisten)
  • Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes,translated by Frank Wynne, (MacLehose Press)
  • Go, Went, Gone  by Jenny Erpenbeck,translated by Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books)
  • The White Book by Han Kang,translated by Deborah Smith  (Portobello Books)-(kortlisten)
  • Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz,translated by Sarah Moses & Carolina Orloff (Charco Press)
  • The World Goes On  by László Krasznahorkai,translated by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes(Tuskar Rock Press)-(kortlisten)
  •  Like a Fading Shadow  by Antonio Muñoz Molina,translated by Camilo A. Ramirez (Tuskar Rock Press)-(kortlisten)
  • The Flying Mountain by Christoph Ransmayr,translated by Simon Pare (Seagull Books)
  • Frankenstein in Baghdad  by Ahmed Saadawi,translated by Jonathan Wright (Oneworld)-(kortlisten)
  • Flights by Olga Tokarczuk,translated by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions)-(kortliten)-VINNER!
  • The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi ,translated by Darryl Sterk (Text Publishing)
  • The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra , translated by Natasha Wimmer (Harvill Secker)

2017

  • Compass by Mathias Enard,translated by Charlotte Mandell (Fitzcarraldo Editions) -(kortlisten)
  • Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg,translated by Eliza Marciniak (Portobello Books) 
  • A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman,translated by Jessica Cohen (Jonathan Cape)-(kortlisten)-VINNER!
  • War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans,tranlated by David McKay (Harvill Secker) 
  • The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen,translated by Don Bartlett, Don Shaw (Maclehose) -(kortlisten)
  • The Traitor’s Niche by Ismail Kadare,translated by John Hodgson (Harvill Secker) 
  • Fish Have No Feet by Jon Kalman Stefansson,translated by Phil Roughton (Maclehose) 
  • The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke, translated by Carlos Rojas (Chatto & Windus) 
  • Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou,translated by Helen Stevenson (Serpent’s Tail) 
  • Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer,translated by Katy Derbyshire (Fitzcarraldo Editions) 
  • Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors,translated by Misha Hoekstra (Pushkin Press) -(kortlisten)
  • Judas by Amos Oz,translated by Nicholas de Lange  (Chatto & Windus) -(kortlisten)
  • Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin,translated by Megan McDowell (Oneworld) -(kortlisten)

2016

  • The Vegetarian  by Han Kang,translated by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books)-(kortlisten) – VINNER!
  • A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa,translated by Daniel Hahn (Harvill Secker)-(kortlisten)
  • The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante,translated by Ann Goldstein (Europa Editions)-(kortlisten)
  • The Four Books by Yan Lianke,translated by Carlos Rojas (Chatto & Windus)-(kortlisten)
  • A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk,translated by Ekin Oklap (Faber & Faber) (Tyrkia)-(kortlisten)
  • A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler,translated by Charlotte Collins (Picador)-(kortlisten)
  • Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal,translated by Jessica Moore (Maclehose Press)
  • Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan,translated by Labodalih Sembiring (Verso Books)
  • Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila,translated by Roland Glasser (Jacaranda)
  • A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar,translated by Stefan Tobler (Penguin)
  • Ladivine by Marie NDiaye,translated by Jordan Stump (Maclehose Press)
  • Death by Water by Kenzaburö Öe,translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm (Atlantic Books)
  • White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen,translated by Emily Jeremiah & Fleur Jeremiah (Peirene Press)