The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated from the Arabic by Sinan Antoon (Syracuse UP)
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, translated from the Danish by Barbara J Haveland (New Directions)
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated from the French by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter (Deep Vellum)
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary (Feminist Press)
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated from the French by Helen Stevenson
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton (Hogarth)
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda (Soft Skull)
Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated from the German by Daniel Bowles (Liveright)
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes (NYRB)
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi (And Other Stories)
On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott (Two Lines)
A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated from the French by Mark Hutchinson (New Directions)
The International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist of six books will be announced on April 8. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern on May 20.
Note: This is the first time a kannada author is nominated for the prize in its present avatar the International Booker Prize. Kannada legend, the late U.R. Ananthamurthy, was longlisted in 2013 for the Man Booker International, the prize’s earlier version.
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