Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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I share my winner prediction for the 2025 International Booker Prize and briefly share my thoughts on the 6 finalists. I will do formal reviews at a later time.

A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre, trans. from the French by Mark Hutchinson
bookshop.org/a/103314/9780811234511

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, trans. from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi
bookshop.org/a/103314/9781916751163

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, trans. from the Italian by Sophie Hughes
bookshop.org/a/103314/9781681378725

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, trans. from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda
bookshop.org/a/103314/9781593766115

Small Boat by Vincent Delacroix, trans. from the French by Helen Stevenson
bookshop.org/a/103314/9781913109462

On the Calculation of Volume, Book 1 by Solvej Balle, trans. from the Danish by Barbara J. Haveland
bookshop.org/a/103314/9780811237253

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