2024 International Booker Prize Shortlist Announced

Apr 09, 2024

The shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize has been announced. The £50,000 Booker Prize, split equally between author and translator, recognizes novels and short story collections from around the world that have been translated into English and published in the U.K. and/or Ireland. 

This year's 6-book shortlist was chosen by the 2024 judging panel, comprising Eleanor Wachtel, Natalie Diaz, Romesh Gunesekera, and Aaron Robertson. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at London's Tate Modern on May 21.

The shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize is as follows: 

  • Not a River by Selva Almada, translated from the Spanish by Annie McDermott 
  • Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann 
  • The Details by Ia Genberg, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson 
  • Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae 
  • What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated from the Dutch by Sarah Timmer Harvey   
  • Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated from the Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz  
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