Literary Fifteen 2023 - hosted by bodiesinbooks

The International Booker Prize
Rewards the finest fiction novel, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Longlist of 13 books announced on March 14th.

Shortlist:
Still born by Guadalupe Nettel (tr. Rosalind Harvey)
Standing heavy by GauZ' (tr. Frank Wynne)
Time shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
 (tr. Angela Rodel)
The gospel according to the new world by Maryse Condé (tr. Richard Philcox)
Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan (tr. Chi-Young Kim)
Boulder by Eva Baltasar (tr. Julia Sanches)

Winner:
Time shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (tr. Angela Rodel)
All books added

234 pages first pub 2010 (editions) user-added

fiction historical literary challenging reflective medium-paced

528 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced

201 pages first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced

544 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

355 pages first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Boulder

Eva Baltasar

112 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

304 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

364 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced

352 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

251 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced