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A Bookshop In Algiers

Translation in the Spotlight

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

Reservoir Bitches

The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

On the Calculation of Volume I

Reservoir Bitches

The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

national book award for translated literature

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

A Women’s Place Is Everywhere

Breasts and Eggs

Lessons in Chemistry

The Virgin Suicides

Breasts and Eggs

Lessons in Chemistry

Lost in Translation

Wander through stories that travelled across languages, borders, and cultures to find their way to you.

My Brilliant Friend

Breasts and Eggs

Convenience Store Woman

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

My Brilliant Friend

Breasts and Eggs

Rwanda - Read Around The World

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Our Lady of the Nile

The Eternal Audience of One

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Our Lady of the Nile

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