International Booker Prize
Booker Prize Foundation
An annual literary award celebrating the finest fiction from around the world which has been translated into English, with the prize money split equally between the author and translator.
Latest winner · 2026
- Taiwan Travelogue · Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
Next · expected February 2027
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2026
- Won
- On Earth As It Is BeneathShortlisted
Ana Paula Maia
- She Who RemainsShortlisted
Rene Karabash
- Shortlisted
- The Nights Are Quiet in TehranShortlisted
Shida Bazyar
- Shortlisted
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- The DukeLonglisted
Matteo Melchiorre
- The Remembered SoldierLonglisted
Anjet Daanje
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- Women without MenLonglisted
Shahrnush Parsipur
2025
- Won
- A Leopard-Skin HatShortlisted
Anne Serre
- On the Calculation of Volume IShortlisted
Solvej Balle
- PerfectionShortlisted
Vincenzo Latronico
- Small BoatShortlisted
Vincent Delecroix
- Under the Eye of the Big BirdShortlisted
Hiromi Kawakami
- EurotrashLonglisted
Christian Kracht
- HunchbackLonglisted
Saou Ichikawa
- On a Woman's MadnessLonglisted
Astrid Roemer
- Reservoir BitchesLonglisted
Dahlia de la Cerda
- Longlisted
- The Book of DisappearanceLonglisted
Ibtisam Azem
- There's a Monster behind the DoorLonglisted
Gaëlle Bélem
2024
- Won
- Crooked PlowShortlisted
Itamar Vieira Junior
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- What I’d Rather Not Think AboutShortlisted
Jente Posthuma
- Longlisted
- Lost on MeLonglisted
Veronica Raimo
- SimpatíaLonglisted
Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
- The House on Via GemitoLonglisted
Domenico Starnone
- Longlisted
- UndiscoveredLonglisted
Gabriela Wiener
- White NightsLonglisted
Urszula Honek
2023
- Won
- BoulderShortlisted
Eva Baltasar
- Standing HeavyShortlisted
GauZ'
- Still BornShortlisted
Guadalupe Nettel
- The Gospel According to the New WorldShortlisted
Maryse Condé
- WhaleShortlisted
Cheon Myeong-kwan
- A System So Magnificent It Is BlindingLonglisted
Amanda Svensson
- Is Mother DeadLonglisted
Vigdis Hjorth
- Longlisted
- Ninth BuildingLonglisted
Zou Jingzhi
- PyreLonglisted
Perumal Murugan
- The Birthday PartyLonglisted
Laurent Mauvignier
- Longlisted
While We Were Dreaming
2022
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Elena KnowsShortlisted
Claudia Piñeiro
- HeavenShortlisted
Mieko Kawakami
- Shortlisted
- After the SunLonglisted
Jonas Eika
- Happy Stories, MostlyLonglisted
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
- Love in the Big CityLonglisted
Sang Young Park
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- PhenotypesLonglisted
Paulo Scott
- The Book of MotherLonglisted
Violaine Huisman
2021
- Won
- In Memory of MemoryShortlisted
Maria Stepanova
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- The War of the PoorShortlisted
Éric Vuillard
- When We Cease to Understand the WorldShortlisted
Benjamín Labatut
- An Inventory of LossesLonglisted
Judith Schalansky
- Longlisted
- Minor DetailLonglisted
Adania Shibli
- Summer BrotherLonglisted
Jaap Robben
- The Pear FieldLonglisted
Nana Ekvtimishvili
- The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and MũmbiLonglisted
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- WretchednessLonglisted
Andrzej Tichý
2020
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- The Enlightenment of the Greengage TreeShortlisted
Shokoofeh Azar
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Faces on the Tip of My TongueLonglisted
Emmanuelle Pagano
- Longlisted
- Mac and His ProblemLonglisted
Enrique Vila-Matas
- Red DogLonglisted
Willem Anker
- Longlisted
- The Eighth LifeLonglisted
Nino Haratischvili
- Longlisted
2019
- Won
- Shortlisted
- The Pine IslandsShortlisted
Marion Poschmann
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Longlisted
- Four SoldiersLonglisted
Hubert Mingarelli
- Jokes for the GunmenLonglisted
Mazen Maarouf
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- The Faculty of DreamsLonglisted
Sara Stridsberg
2018
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Like a Fading ShadowShortlisted
Antonio Muñoz Molina
- Shortlisted
- The World Goes OnShortlisted
László Krasznahorkai
- Vernon Subutex 1Shortlisted
Virginie Despentes
- Die, My LoveLonglisted
Ariana Harwicz
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- The Dinner GuestLonglisted
Gabriela Ybarra
- The Flying MountainLonglisted
Christoph Ransmayr
- Longlisted
- The Stolen BicycleLonglisted
Wu Ming-Yi
2017
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- JudasShortlisted
Amos Oz
- Mirror, Shoulder, SignalShortlisted
Dorthe Nors
- Shortlisted
- Black MosesLonglisted
Alain Mabanckou
- Longlisted
- Fish Have No FeetLonglisted
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
- Swallowing MercuryLonglisted
Wioletta Greg
- Longlisted
- Longlisted
- War and TurpentineLonglisted
Stefan Hertmans
2016
- Won
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
- The Story of the Lost ChildShortlisted
Elena Ferrante
- A Cup of RageLonglisted
Raduan Nassar
- Death by WaterLonglisted
Kenzaburō Ōe
- Longlisted
- Man TigerLonglisted
Eka Kurniawan
- Mend the LivingLonglisted
Maylis de Kerangal
- Tram 83Longlisted
Fiston Mwanza Mujila
- White HungerLonglisted
Aki Ollikainen
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the International Booker Prize in 2026?
- “Taiwan Travelogue” by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ won the International Booker Prize in 2026.
- Who are the most recent International Booker Prize winners?
- 2026: “Taiwan Travelogue” by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ; 2025: “Heart Lamp: Selected Stories” by Banu Mushtaq; 2024: “Kairos” by Jenny Erpenbeck; 2023: “Time Shelter” by Georgi Gospodinov; 2022: “Tomb of Sand” by Geetanjali Shree.