Recs if you like Eurotrash...

Translated german language literature that is considered by many to be "core" reading from the modern and contemporary eras - meaning 1880 onwards, making it very readable. 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 I usually kept it to one book per author to make this a starting off point (sometimes added additional faves). Suggestions welcome!

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

This is not the Booker Prize for Fiction but the honor focused on translated work. This longlist has 13 books translated from 10 languages.

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

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longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

Books that aren't set in the US or UK, as those books dominate reading lists. I'm trying to collect as many different countries as possible, but sometimes there will be 2-3 books from one country.

• 2026: Shida Bayzar – Die Lücken • 2025: Dorothee Elmiger – Die Holländerinnen • 2024: Martina Hefter – Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir? • 2023: Tonio Schachinger – Echtzeitalter • 2022: Kim de l'Horizon – Blutbuch • 2021: Antje Rávik Strubel – Blaue Frau • 2020: Anne Weber – Annette, ein Heldinnenepos