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Overview
The judging panel is chaired by bestselling Booker Prize-longlisted author Max Porter. He is joined by prize-winning poet, director and photographer Caleb Femi; writer and Publishing Director of Wasafiri, Sana Goyal; author and International Booker Prize-shortlisted translator Anton Hur; and award-winning singer-songwriter Beth Orton.
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025
Each book on this list has the name of the author, translator(s), and original language!
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025
Each book on this list has the name of the author, translator(s), and original language!
The International Booker Prize 2025 Longlist
7 participants (13 books)
Overview
The judging panel is chaired by bestselling Booker Prize-longlisted author Max Porter. He is joined by prize-winning poet, director and photographer Caleb Femi; writer and Publishing Director of Wasafiri, Sana Goyal; author and International Booker Prize-shortlisted translator Anton Hur; and award-winning singer-songwriter Beth Orton.
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025
Each book on this list has the name of the author, translator(s), and original language!
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025
Each book on this list has the name of the author, translator(s), and original language!
Challenge Books
1
The Book of Disappearance
Ibtisam Azem
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon
2
On the Calculation of Volume I
Solvej Balle
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated from Danish by Barbara J. Haveland
3
There's a Monster Behind the Door
Gaëlle Bélem
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated from French by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
4
Solenoid
Mircea Cărtărescu
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated from Romanian by Sean Cotter
5
Reservoir Bitches
Dahlia de la Cerda
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary
6
Small Boat
Vincent Delecroix
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated from French by Helen Stevenson
7
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated from Japanese by Polly Barton
8
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Hiromi Kawakami
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Asa Yoneda
9
Eurotrash
Christian Kracht
Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated from German by Daniel Bowles
10
Perfection
Vincenzo Latronico
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by Sophie Hughes
11
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi
12
On a Woman's Madness
Astrid H. Roemer
On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott