Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello, I'm Bob, and now that we have had the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, I wanted to look back over the previous winners! Which ones are your favourites?

Contents:

00:00 Introduction and Context
00:58 2016- Han Kang- The Vegetarian (tr. Deborah Smith)
02:46 2017- David Grossman- A Horse Walks into a Bar (tr. Jessica Cohen)
05:05 2018- Olga Tokarczuk- Flights (tr. Jennifer Croft)
06:40 2019- Jokha al-Harthi- Celestial Bodies (tr. Marilyn Booth)
08:09 2020- Lucas Rijneveld- The Discomfort of Evening (tr. Michele Hutchison)
10:33 2021- David Diop- At Night All Blood Is Black (tr. Anna Moschovakis)
12:05 2022- Geetanjali Shree- Tomb of Sand (tr. Daisy Rockwell)
14:41 2023- Georgi Gospodinov- Time Shelter (tr. Angela Rodel)
17:05 2024- Jenny Erpenbeck- Kairos (tr. Michael Hofmann)
19:03 2025- Banu Mushtaq- Heart Lamp (tr. Deepa Bhasthi)
22:06 2026- Yáng Shuāng-zǐ- Taiwan Travelogue (tr. Lin King)
25:19 Thoughts, Themes and Favourites