Anasoft litera 2023 · Finalist
Patchwork in White
Jana Bodnárová
Out October 2026
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4,667 books · 44 prizes · 39 countries
New in English
Prize-winning and shortlisted books, just out in English translation.
NIN 2021 · Winner
Children
Milena Marković
Out October 2026
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Daesan 2020 · Winner
Employee No. 9
Kim Hye-jin
Out 20 October 2026
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Sapir 2013 · Winner
House Arrest
Noa Yedlin
Out 13 October 2026
National Book Award 2026 · Finalist
Night of a Thousand Hells
Intan Paramaditha
Out 6 October 2026
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IPAF 2022 · Winner
Bread on Uncle Milad's Table
Mohammed Alnaas
Out 6 October 2026
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Akutagawa 2006 (first half) · Candidate
Love at Least
Yukiko Motoya
Out 8 September 2026
Goncourt 2025 · Shortlist
Kolkhoz
Emmanuel Carrère
Out 3 September 2026
Jabuti 2024 · Winner
Saving the Fire
Itamar Vieira Junior
Out 1 September 2026
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Jabuti 2019 · Shortlist
Bury Your Dead
Ana Paula Maia
Out August 2026
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Strega 2025 · Winner
The Anniversary
Andrea Bajani
Out 25 August 2026
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Goncourt 2024 · Shortlist
Jacaranda
Gaël Faye
Out 25 August 2026
France's Prix Goncourt: winners in English
France's most famous literary prize, awarded every November since 1903.
Goncourt 2023 · Winner
Watching Over Her
Jean-Baptiste Andrea
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Goncourt 2022 · Winner
Live Fast
Brigitte Giraud
Goncourt 2021 · Winner
The Most Secret Memory of Men
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
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Goncourt 2020 · Winner
The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier
Goncourt 2019 · Winner
Not Everybody Lives the Same Way
Jean-Paul Dubois
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Goncourt 2018 · Winner
And Their Children After Them
Nicolas Mathieu
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Goncourt 2017 · Winner
The Order of the Day
Éric Vuillard
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Goncourt 2016 · Winner
The Perfect Nanny
Leïla Slimani
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Goncourt 2015 · Winner
Compass
Mathias Énard
Goncourt 2014 · Winner
Cry, Mother Spain
Lydie Salvayre
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Goncourt 2013 · Winner
The Great Swindle
Pierre Lemaitre
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Goncourt 2012 · Winner
The Sermon on the Fall of Rome
Jérôme Ferrari
Goncourt 2011 · Winner
The French Art of War
Alexis Jenni
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Goncourt 2010 · Winner
The Map and the Territory
Michel Houellebecq
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Goncourt 2009 · Winner
Three Strong Women
Marie NDiaye
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Goncourt 2008 · Winner
The Patience Stone
Atiq Rahimi
Goncourt 2006 · Winner
The Kindly Ones
Jonathan Littell
Goncourt 2004 · Winner
The House of Scorta
Laurent Gaudé
Goncourt 2003 · Winner
Brecht's Mistress
Jacques-Pierre Amette
Goncourt 2002 · Winner
The Roving Shadows
Pascal Quignard
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Goncourt 2001 · Winner
Brazil Red
Jean-Christophe Rufin
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Goncourt 2000 · Winner
Ingrid Caven
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
Japan's Akutagawa Prize: winners in English
Japan's best-known prize for new writers, awarded twice a year since 1935. It launched Sayaka Murata's Convenience Store Woman.
Akutagawa 2023 (first half) · Winner
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
Akutagawa 2023 (second half) · Winner
Sympathy Tower Tokyo
Rie Qudan
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Akutagawa 2022 (first half) · Winner
May You Have Delicious Meals
Junko Takase
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Akutagawa 2021 (first half) · Winner
The Place of Shells
Mai Ishizawa
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Akutagawa 2020 (second half) · Winner
Idol, Burning
Rin Usami
Akutagawa 2019 (first half) · Winner
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
Natsuko Imamura
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Akutagawa 2017 (second half) · Winner
The Mud of a Century
Yuka Ishii
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Akutagawa 2016 (first half) · Winner
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
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Akutagawa 2015 (first half) · Winner
Spark
Naoki Matayoshi
Akutagawa 2015 (second half) · Winner
Picnic in the Storm
Yukiko Motoya
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Akutagawa 2014 (first half) · Winner
Spring Garden
Tomoka Shibasaki
Akutagawa 2013 (first half) · Winner
Nails and Eyes
Kaori Fujino
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Akutagawa 2013 (second half) · Winner
The Hole
Hiroko Oyamada
Akutagawa 2012 (first half) · Winner
Touring the Land of the Dead
Maki Kashimada
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Akutagawa 2011 (second half) · Winner
Cannibals
Shinya Tanaka
Akutagawa 2011 (second half) · Winner
Harlequin Butterfly
Toh EnJoe
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Akutagawa 2006 (second half) · Winner
A Perfect Day to Be Alone
Nanae Aoyama
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Akutagawa 2005 (first half) · Winner
The Boy in the Earth
Fuminori Nakamura
Akutagawa 2003 (second half) · Winner
Snakes and Earrings
Hitomi Kanehara
Akutagawa 2003 (second half) · Winner
I Want to Kick You in the Back
Risa Wataya
Akutagawa 2000 (first half) · Winner
Rip It Up
Kou Machida
Akutagawa 2000 (second half) · Winner
The Bear and the Paving Stone
Toshiyuki Horie
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Italy's Premio Strega: winners in English
Italy's top literary prize, awarded every July in Rome since 1947.
Strega 2025 · Winner
The Anniversary
Andrea Bajani
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Strega 2024 · Winner
The Brittle Age
Donatella Di Pietrantonio
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Strega 2022 · Winner
Spatriati
Mario Desiati
Strega 2020 · Winner
The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi
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Strega 2019 · Winner
M: Son of the Century
Antonio Scurati
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Strega 2018 · Winner
The Girl with the Leica
Helena Janeczek
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Strega 2017 · Winner
The Eight Mountains
Paolo Cognetti
Strega 2016 · Winner
The Catholic School
Edoardo Albinati
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Strega 2015 · Winner
Ferocity
Nicola Lagioia
Strega 2011 · Winner
Story of My People
Edoardo Nesi
Strega 2010 · Winner
The Mussolini Canal
Antonio Pennacchi
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Strega 2009 · Winner
Stabat Mater
Tiziano Scarpa
Strega 2008 · Winner
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
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Strega 2007 · Winner
As God Commands
Niccolò Ammaniti
Strega 2006 · Winner
Quiet Chaos
Sandro Veronesi
Strega 2003 · Winner
Vita
Melania G. Mazzucco
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Strega 2002 · Winner
Don't Move
Margaret Mazzantini
Strega 2001 · Winner
The House on Via Gemito
Domenico Starnone
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The International Booker Prize: winners in English
The leading prize for fiction translated into English; author and translator share the prize money.
International Booker 2026 · Winner
Taiwan Travelogue
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
International Booker 2025 · Winner
Heart Lamp
Banu Mushtaq
International Booker 2024 · Winner
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck
International Booker 2023 · Winner
Time Shelter
Georgi Gospodinov
International Booker 2022 · Winner
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali Shree
International Booker 2021 · Winner
At Night All Blood Is Black
David Diop
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International Booker 2020 · Winner
The Discomfort of Evening
Lucas Rijneveld
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International Booker 2019 · Winner
Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi
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International Booker 2018 · Winner
Flights
Olga Tokarczuk
International Booker 2017 · Winner
A Horse Walks into a Bar
David Grossman
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International Booker 2016 · Winner
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
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