International Booker Prize

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) was launched in 2005 and was originally awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. It was an award for the body of work of the author, rather than awarded for an individual novel.

Beginning in 2016, the award changed. It is now given annually to a single book in English translation, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator.

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2026 longlist

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

2025

• Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi Winner
• On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated from Danish by Barbara J. Haveland
• Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated from French by Helen Stevenson
• Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Asa Yoneda
• Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by Sophie Hughes
• A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated from French by Mark Hutchinson

2024 

• Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann Winner
• Not a river Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
• Mater 2-10 Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae
• What I'd Rather Not Think About Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey
• Crooked Plow Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz
• The Details Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson

2023

• Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel Winner
• Boulder Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
• Whale Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim
• The Gospel According to the New World Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox
• Standing Heavy GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne
• Still Born Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey

2022

• Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell Winner
• Heaven Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
• The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft
• Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle
• A New Name: Septology VI-VII Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls
• Cursed Bunny Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

2021

• At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis Winner
• The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell
• When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
• The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken
• In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale
• The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard, translated from French by Mark Polizzotti

2020

• The Discomfort of Evening Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison Winner
• The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar, translated by Anonymous
• The Adventures of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh
• Tyll Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
• Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
• The Memory Police Yōko Ogowa, translated by Stephen Snyder

2019 

• Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth Winner
• The Years Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer 
• The Pine Islands Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja 
• Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 
• The Shape Of The Ruins Juan Gabriel Vásquez, translated by Anne McLean 
• The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes 

2018

• Flights Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft Winner
• Vernon Subutex 1 Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
• The White Book Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
• The World goes on László Krasznahorkai, translated by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes
• Like a Fading Shadow Antonio Muñoz Molina, translated by Camilo A. Ramirez
• Frankenstein in Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

2017

• A Horse Walks Into a Bar David Grossman translated by Jessica Cohen Winner
• Compass Mathias Enard translated by Charlotte Mandell
• The Unseen Roy Jacobsen translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
• Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors translated by Misha Hoekstra
• Judas Amos Oz translated by Nicholas de Lange
• Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin translated by Megan McDowell

2016

• The Vegetarian Han Kang translanted by Deborah Smith Winner
• A General Theory of Oblivion José Eduardo Agualusa translated by Daniel Hahn
• A Strangeness in My Mind Orhan Pamuk translated by Ekin Oklap
• A Whole Life Robert Seethaler translated by Charlotte Collins
• The Four Books Yan Lianke translated by Carlos Rojas

2015

László Krasznahorkai (Hungary)

2013

Lydia Davis (United States)

2011

Philip Roth (United States)

2009

Alice Munro (Canada)

2007

Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)

2005

Ismail Kadaré (Albania)