The International Booker Prizes

2023

Winner was announced on May 23, 2023.

Judges

• Leïla Slimani
• Uilleam Blacker
• Parul Sehgal
• Frederick Studemann
• Tan Twan Eng

Winner

Time Shelter 

    by Georgi Gospodinov 

    (translated by Angela Rodel)

Shortlist

   

 

Boulder 

    by Eva Baltasar 

    (translated by Julia Sanches) 

 

Whale 

    by Cheon Myeong-kwan 

    (translated by Chi-Young Kim)

 

The Gospel According to the New World 

    by Maryse Condé 

    (translated by Richard Philcox)

 

Standing Heavy 

    by GauZ' 

    (translated by Frank Wynne)

 
    Time Shelter 

    by Georgi Gospodinov 

    (translated by Angela Rodel)

 

Still Born 

    by Guadalupe Nettel 

    (translated by Rosalind Harvey)

 

 

Longlist

   

    Ninth Building 

    by Zou Jingzhi 

    (translated by Jeremy Tiang)

 
    A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding 

    by Amanda Svensson 

    (translated by Nichola Smalley) 

 
    Still Born 

    by Guadalupe Nettel 

    (translated by Rosalind Harvey)

 
    Pyre 

    by Perumal Murugan 

    (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan)

Audiobook review

 

 

 

 

    While We Were Dreaming  

    by Clemens Meyer 

    (translated by Katy Derbyshire)

 
    The Birthday Party 

    by Laurent Mauvignier 

    (translated by Daniel Levin Becker) 

 
    Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv 

    by Andrey Kurkov 

    (translated by Reuben Woolley)

 
    Is Mother Dead 

    by Vigdis Hjorth 

    (translated by Charlotte Barslund)

     

 

    Standing Heavy 

    by GauZ' 

    (translated by Frank Wynne)

 
    Time Shelter 

    by Georgi Gospodinov 

    (translated by Angela Rodel)

 
    The Gospel According to the New World 

    by Maryse Condé 

    (translated by Richard Philcox) 

 
    Whale 

    by Cheon Myeong-kwan 

    (translated by Chi-Young Kim)

    

 

    Boulder 

    by Eva Baltasar 

    (translated by Julia Sanches)

2022

Winner

    Tomb of Sand 

    by Geetanjali Shree  

    (translated by Daisy Rockwell)

Shortlist

    Heaven 

    by Mieko Kawakami  

   (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)

    book review

    Elena Knows 

    by Claudia Piñeiro  

    (translated by Frances Riddle)

    book review

    A New Name: Septology VI-VII 

    by Jon Fosse  

    (translated by Damion Searls)
    Tomb of Sand 

    by Geetanjali Shree  

    (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
    The Books of Jacob 

    by Olga Tokarczuk  

    (translated by Jennifer Croft)
    Cursed Bunny 

    by Bora Chung  

    (translated by Anton Hur)

Longlist

    Paradais 

    by Fernanda Melchor 

    (translated by Sophie Hughes)
    Heaven 

    by Mieko Kawakami  

    (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)

    book review
    Love in the Big City 

    by Sang Young Park  

    (translated by Anton Hur)
    Happy Stories, Mostly 

    by Norman Erikson Pasaribu  

    (translated by Tiffany Tsao)
    Elena Knows 

    by Claudia Piñeiro  

    (translated by Frances Riddle)

    book review 
    The Book of Mother 

    by Violaine Huisman  

    (translated by Leslie Camhi)
    More Than I Love My Life 

    by David Grossman  

    (translated by Jessica Cohen)
    Phenotypes 

    by Paulo Scott 

    (translated by Daniel Hahn)
    A New Name: Septology VI-VII 

    by Jon Fosse 

    (translated by Damion Searls)
    After the Sun 

    by Jonas Eika  

    (translated by Sherilyn Hellberg)
    Tomb of Sand 

    by Geetanjali Shree  

    (translated by Daisy Rockwell)
    The Books of Jacob 

    by Olga Tokarczuk 

    (translated by Jennifer Croft)
    Cursed Bunny 

    by Bora Chung 

    (translated by Anton Hur)