Crow’s Reads

Dublin Literary Award

Given each year for a novel written in English or translated into it, sponsored by Dublin City Council; founded in 1996.

Earlier names: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1996–2015); International Dublin Literary Award (2016–2020).

31 years · 1996–2026

Official site Source: en.wikipedia.org

  1. 2026
    Cover of Gliff

    Winner

    Gliff

    Ali Smith

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2026

  2. 2025
    Cover of The Adversary

    Winner

    The Adversary

    Michael Crummey

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2025

  3. 2024
    Cover of Solenoid

    Winner

    Solenoid

    Mircea Cărtărescu

    Translated by Sean Cotter

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2024

  4. 2023
    Cover of Marzahn, Mon Amour

    Winner

    Marzahn, Mon Amour

    Katja Oskamp

    Translated by Jo Heinrich

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2023

  5. 2022
    Cover of The Art of Losing

    Winner

    The Art of Losing

    Alice Zeniter

    Translated by Frank Wynne

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2022

  6. 2021
    Cover of Lost Children Archive

    Winner

    Lost Children Archive

    Valeria Luiselli

    Also on the shortlist

    All 6 books from 2021

  7. 2020
    Cover of Milkman

    Winner

    Milkman

    Anna Burns

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2020

  8. 2019
    Cover of Idaho

    Winner

    Idaho

    Emily Ruskovich

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2019

  9. 2018

    Winner

    Solar Bones

    Mike McCormack

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2018

  10. 2017
    Cover of A General Theory of Oblivion

    Winner

    A General Theory of Oblivion

    José Eduardo Agualusa

    Translated by Daniel Hahn

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2017

  11. 2016
    Cover of Family Life

    Winner

    Family Life

    Akhil Sharma

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2016

  12. 2015
    Cover of Harvest

    Winner

    Harvest

    Jim Crace

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2015

  13. 2014
    Cover of The Sound of Things Falling

    Winner

    The Sound of Things Falling

    Juan Gabriel Vásquez

    Translated by Anne McLean

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2014

  14. 2013
    Cover of City of Bohane

    Winner

    City of Bohane

    Kevin Barry

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2013

  15. 2012
    Cover of Even the Dogs

    Winner

    Even the Dogs

    Jon McGregor

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2012

  16. 2011
    Cover of Let the Great World Spin

    Winner

    Let the Great World Spin

    Colum McCann

    Also on the shortlist

    All 10 books from 2011

  17. 2010
    Cover of The Twin

    Winner

    The Twin

    Gerbrand Bakker

    Translated by David Colmer

    Also on the shortlist

    All 8 books from 2010

  18. 2009
    Cover of Man Gone Down

    Man Gone Down

    Michael Thomas

    Also on the shortlist: Animal’s People; The Archivist’s Story; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; The Indian Clerk; The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Ravel; The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles.

    All 8 books from 2009

  19. 2008
    Cover of De Niro’s Game

    De Niro’s Game

    Rawi Hage

    Also on the shortlist: Let It Be Morning; The Attack; The Sweet & Simple Kind; The Woman Who Waited; Winterwood; Dreams of Speaking; The Speed of Light.

    All 8 books from 2008

  20. 2007
    Cover of Out Stealing Horses

    Out Stealing Horses

    Per Petterson

    Translated by Anne Born

    Also on the shortlist: A Long Long Way; Arthur and George; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; No Country for Old Men; Shalimar the Clown; Slow Man; The Short Day Dying.

    All 8 books from 2007

  21. 2006
    Cover of The Master

    The Master

    Colm Tóibín

    Also on the shortlist: An Altered Light; Breaking the Tongue; Don’t Move; GraceLand; Havoc, in Its Third Year; Maps for Lost Lovers; The Closed Circle; The Logogryph; The Swallows of Kabul.

    All 10 books from 2006

  22. 2005
    Cover of The Known World

    The Known World

    Edward P. Jones

    Also on the shortlist: Deafening; Elle; Gardening at Night; The Fortress of Solitude; The Good Doctor; The Great Fire; The Half Brother; Willenbrock; Phantom Pain.

    All 10 books from 2005

  23. 2004

    This Blinding Absence of Light

    Tahar Ben Jelloun

    Translated by Linda Coverdale

    Also on the shortlist: Any Human Heart; Earth and Ashes; Family Matters; Middlesex; The Book of Illusions; The White Family; Balthasar’s Odyssey; Caramelo, Or, Puro Cuento; House of Day, House of Night.

    All 10 books from 2004

  24. 2003

    My Name Is Red

    Orhan Pamuk

    Translated by Erdağ Göknar

    Also on the shortlist: Bel Canto; Bitter Fruit; That They May Face the Rising Sun; The Ash Garden; The Corrections; The Migrant Painter of Birds; The Visit of the Royal Physician.

    All 8 books from 2003

  25. 2002

    Atomised

    Michel Houellebecq

    Translated by Frank Wynne

    Also on the shortlist: Madame; The Blind Assassin; The Keepers of Truth; The Last Samurai; The Years with Laura Diaz; True History of the Kelly Gang.

    All 7 books from 2002

  26. 2001

    No Great Mischief

    Alistair MacLeod

    Also on the shortlist: Our Fathers; The Blackwater Lightship; The Clay Machine-Gun; The Love You Promised Me; The True History of Paradise.

    All 6 books from 2001

  27. 2000

    Wide Open

    Nicola Barker

    Also on the shortlist: Charming Billy; I Married a Communist; Paradise; The Hours; This Side of Brightness; Trumpet.

    All 7 books from 2000

  28. 1999

    Ingenious Pain

    Andrew Miller

    Also on the shortlist: Enduring Love; Quarantine; The Ordinary Seaman; The Puttermesser Papers; The Reader; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; Underworld.

    All 8 books from 1999

  29. 1998

    The Land of Green Plums

    Herta Müller

    Translated by Michael Hofmann

    Also on the shortlist: Alias Grace; Imaginings of Sand; Last Orders; Salt; The Autobiography of My Mother; The Counting House; The Englishman’s Boy; The Glade Within the Grove; The Pope’s Rhinoceros.

    All 10 books from 1998

  30. 1997

    A Heart So White

    Javier Marías

    Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

    Also on the shortlist: A Fine Balance; A Tiler’s Afternoon; Morvern Callar; Novel Without a Name; Pereira Maintains; Reservation Blues; The Good Negress.

    All 8 books from 1997

  31. 1996

    Remembering Babylon

    David Malouf

    Also on the shortlist: A Way in the World; Away; Ghosts; The Following Story; The Gospel According to Jesus Christ; The Laws.

    All 7 books from 1996