International Booker Prize Longlists (2016 - Present)

9 participants (130 books)

Overview

The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

The International Booker Prize began life in 2005 as the Man Booker International Prize. It was initially a biennial prize for a body of work, and there was no stipulation that the work should be written in a language other than English.

In 2015, after the rules of the original Booker Prize expanded to allow writers of any nationality to enter - as long as their books were written in English and published in the UK - the International Prize evolved to become the mirror image of the English-language prize. Since then it has been awarded annually for a single book, written in another language and translated into English.

Updated 4 August 2025