International Booker Prize 2025

13 books on the longlist. The winner and the shortlist come first.

• Heart Lamp Banu Mushtaq

  

  Heart Lamp

  Banu Mushtaq

  Translated by Deepa Bhasthi

  Winner
• A Leopard-Skin Hat Anne Serre

  

  A Leopard-Skin Hat

  Anne Serre

  Translated by Mark Hutchinson

  Shortlist
• On the Calculation of Volume I Solvej Balle

  On the Calculation of Volume I

  Solvej Balle

  Translated by Barbara J. Haveland

  Shortlist
• Perfection Vincenzo Latronico

  

  Perfection

  Vincenzo Latronico

  Translated by Sophie Hughes

  Shortlist
• Small Boat Vincent Delecroix

  

  Small Boat

  Vincent Delecroix

  Translated by Helen Stevenson

  Shortlist
• Under the Eye of the Big Bird Hiromi Kawakami

  

  Under the Eye of the Big Bird

  Hiromi Kawakami

  Translated by Asa Yoneda

  Shortlist
• Eurotrash Christian Kracht

  

  Eurotrash

  Christian Kracht

  Translated by Daniel Bowles
• Hunchback Saou Ichikawa

  

  Hunchback

  Saou Ichikawa

  Translated by Polly Barton
• On a Woman’s Madness Astrid Roemer

  

  On a Woman’s Madness

  Astrid Roemer

  Translated by Lucy Scott
• Reservoir Bitches Dahlia de la Cerda

  

  Reservoir Bitches

  Dahlia de la Cerda

  Translated by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches
• Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu

  

  Solenoid

  Mircea Cărtărescu

  Translated by Sean Cotter
• The Book of Disappearance Ibtisam Azem

  

  The Book of Disappearance

  Ibtisam Azem

  Translated by Sinan Antoon
• There’s a Monster Behind the Door Gaëlle Bélem

  

  There’s a Monster Behind the Door

  Gaëlle Bélem

  Translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert