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Here is the Longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025

These 13 books are the best recent works in translation, according to the judges for the International Booker Prize 2025.

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The longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025 “celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2025.” This year, it’s composed of 13 works: 11 novels and two short story collections. The winner will receive a £50,000 prize, split between the author and the translator. Shortlisted works receive a £5,000 prize.

You can check out more details at the Booker Prize website, which I must say is one of the most informative and well-designed award websites I’ve seen. It includes facts about this year’s picks, short biographies of the judges, and a statement from the Chair about the process of narrowing down the nominees to this longlist. The judges have also written up descriptions of why you should read each book on this list.

Here is this year’s longlist.

The Longlist for the International Booker Prize 2025

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A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated by Mark Hutchinson

On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated by Lucy Scott

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes

Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated by Polly Barton

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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated by Helen Stevenson

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter

There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon

Find out more about the longlist at the Booker Prize website.

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