List of the 2025 International Booker Prize shortlist.
2025 International Booker Prize Shortlist
1. Heart Lamp
- Author: Banu Mushtaq
- Translator: Deepa Bhasthi
- Language: Kannada
- Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
- Synopsis: A collection of 12 short stories exploring the lives of Muslim women and girls in southern India, rendered with wry humor and deep empathy.
2. On the Calculation of Volume I
- Author: Solvej Balle
- Translator: Barbara J. Haveland
- Language: Danish
- Publisher: Lolli Editions
- Synopsis: A profound meditation on love and existence, centered around a protagonist inexplicably stuck in the same day.
3. Small Boat
- Author: Vincent Delecroix
- Translator: Helen Stevenson
- Language: French
- Publisher: Les Fugitives
- Synopsis: A gut-punch of a novel that delves into the migrant crisis, following a narrator's attempt to clear her conscience after a tragic incident.
4. Perfection
- Author: Vincenzo Latronico
- Translator: Sophie Hughes
- Language: Italian
- Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Synopsis: An astute and often humorous portrait of everyday privilege and modern aspirations, following an expat couple in Berlin.
5. A Leopard-Skin Hat
- Author: Anne Serre
- Translator: Mark Hutchinson
- Language: French
- Publisher: Les Fugitives
- Synopsis: A deeply romantic yet platonic love story between the narrator and his complicated childhood friend.
6. Under the Eye of the Big Bird
- Author: Hiromi Kawakami
- Translator: Asa Yoneda
- Language: Japanese
- Publisher: Granta Books
- Synopsis: An epic narrative that tells the story of humanity's evolution on an expansive scale, stretching into the far future.
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The winner will be announced on May 20, 2025, in London. The £50,000 prize will be split equally between the author and the translator.
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