Bob The Bookerer | International Booker Prize Shortlist- Initial Reaction! @BobTheBookerer | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Hello! We now have our shortlist for the International Booker Prize!

What do you make of the list? I’m excited to get reading them!

The shortlist and more information on them can be found here: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2024

The Shortlist:
Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae

Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated from Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Michael Hofmann

What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated from Dutch by Sarah Timmer Harvey

The Details by la Genberg, translated from Swedish by Kira Josefsson

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