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The International Booker Prize Winner 2024


The winner of The International Booker Prize 2024 has been announced! Congratulations to Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated from German by Michael Hofmann. You can shop the shortlist below, as well as a selection of previous winners and nominees at a fantastic discounted price, so you can enjoy award-winning fiction, for less! From the 2024 shortlisted nominee Mater 2-10, to the 2015 winner The Melancholy of Resistance, and the 2020 winner The Discomfort of Evening. Save big on our huge range of discounted fiction books. Happy reading!

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The Winner
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Previous Nominees
Mater 2-10

Mater 2-10

Hwang Sok-yong

Shortlisted in 2024, this epic, multi-generational tale threads together a century of Korean history. Translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae.

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The Silver Bone

The Silver Bone

Andrey Kurkov

Longlisted in 2024, this highly intriguing and atmospheric novel follows a boy requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers. Translated from Russian by Boris Dralyuk.

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Lost on Me

Lost on Me

Veronica Raimo

Longlisted in 2024, Lost on Me seductively explores the slippery relationship between deceitfulness and creativity. Translated from Italian by Leah Janeczko.

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv

Andrey Kurkov

Longlisted in 2023, this is an affectionate portrait of one of the world's most intriguing cities, with a hint of dark humour and magical realism. Translated from Russian by Reuben Woolley.

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The Melancholy of Resistance

The Melancholy of Resistance

László Krasznahorkai

The 2015 winner was a visionary writer of extraordinary intensity and vocal range, capturing the texture of present day in scenes that are terrifying, strange and appallingly comic.

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Standing Heavy

Standing Heavy

Gauz

Shortlisted in 2023, this sharply satirical yet poignant tale uses the author's own experiences of being an undocumented student to reflect on everything that passes under a security guard's gaze. Translated from French by Frank Wynne.

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The Discomfort of Evening

The Discomfort of Evening

Lucas Rijneveld

The 2020 winner was a radical debut, studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other. Translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison.

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Tyll

Tyll

Daniel Kehlmann

Shortlisted in 2020, Tyll is a riotous tale full of macabre humour, lifting a jester legend from German folklore and putting him into the Thirty Years War. Translated from German by Ross Benjamin

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The Shape of the Ruins

The Shape of the Ruins

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Shortlisted in 2019, an author is lured into a serpentine conspiracy theory in this blend of fiction, historical narrative and autobiography. Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean.

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