The International Booker Prize

The International Booker Prize was established in 2005 and is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

The International Booker Prize 2023 longlist has been announced. It features work from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the oldest writer ever to be nominated, three writers who appear in English for the first time, and books translated from 11 languages

2023 Winner -

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

2023 Shortlist -

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan

The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé

Standing Heavy by GauZ'

Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel

Boulder by Eva Baltasar

2023 Longlist -

Ninth Building by Jingzhi Zou

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson

Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel

Pyre by Perumal Murugan

While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer

The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov

Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth

Standing Heavy by GauZ'

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé

Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan

Boulder by Eva Baltasar

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2022 Past Winner ~

Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree 

2021 Past Winner ~

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, Pushkin Press