The prize, which is awarded annually, celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland. It recognises the vital work of translators, with the £50,000 prize money divided equally between authors and translators.

International Booker Prize 2025 Longlist

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, trans by Sinan Antoon
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, trans by Barbara J Haveland
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, trans by Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, trans by Sean Cotter
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda, trans by Julia Sanches, Heather Cleary
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, trans by Helen Stevenson
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, trans by Polly Barton
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, trans by Asa Yoneda Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, trans by Daniel Bowles
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, trans by Sophie Hughes
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, trans by Deepa Bhasthi
On a Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, trans by Lucy Scott
A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, trans by Mark Hutchinson