Much like its UK equivalent, the International Booker Prize is a chance to shine a light on high-quality literature from some of the industry’s best writers. In this instance, the award celebrates non-English books that have been translated and published in English-speaking countries.
While the cash prize for the winner is still £50,000, in line with the regular Booker, it’s split between the author and the translator, which is a neat way of highlighting the important work translation brings to the literary world.
Now that the longlist has been announced, let’s take a look at all the novels the International Booker Prize has deemed worthy of note for 2025. And if you want something to do between now and the shortlist announcement (held in April), feel free to check out my recommendations fornovels that will get you into the Booker Prize.
So without further do:
International Booker Prize 2025 longlist
There you have it, folks. All 13 novels longlisted. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be going through the synopsis of each of these to see which ones I’ll be adding to my TBR (hint: it will be more than a few). You can read more about each of the nominated books via theBooker Prize websiteitself.
The next stage will be the shortlist, which will be announced on April 8 and feature six of the books listed above. Then it’s the final winner, with the ceremony being held on May 20 at London’s Tate Modern. Looking forward to that. Happy reading, everyone!
