The Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards, has revealed the shortlist of contenders for the 2025 edition. This year, six works have been selected.

This announcement was made on the official website of The Booker Prizes.

"These books delve into themes of survival and the instinct to preserve one’s existence – they highlight our unyielding resolve to move forward in the face of adversity, oppression, extinction, or hopelessness. In a world often filled with despair, this shortlist celebrates the resilience of the human spirit – our capacity to endure and our yearning for a better life," the jury explained.

The 2025 Booker Prize shortlist includes:

"On the Calculation of Volume I" by Solveig Balle, translated by Barbara J. Hayward;

"Small Boat" by Vincent Delacroix, translated by Helen Stevenson;

"Under the Eye of the Big Bird" by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda;

"Perfection" by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes;

"Heart Lamp" by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhast;

"A Leopard-Skin Hat" by Ann Serre, translated by Mark Hutchinson.

About the International Booker Prize

The International Booker Prize is recognized as one of the most esteemed literary awards and was established in 2004 to complement the original Booker Prize. The first recipient was the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare.

The 2022 award went to Indian author Geetanjali Shree for her novel "Tomb of Sand".

In 2023, Ukrainian author Andriy Kurkov's book "The Lviv Tour of Jimi Hendrix" made it to the longlist but did not reach the shortlist.

In 2023, Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov won the International Booker Prize for his novel "Time Shelter".

In 2024, Kurkov's book again appeared on the longlist with "Samson and Nadia", but the prize was awarded to German author Jenny Erpenbeck for her novel "Kairos".