List of the 2025 International Booker Prize shortlist. 


2025 International Booker Prize Shortlist

1. Heart Lamp
   - Author: Banu Mushtaq  
   - Translator: Deepa Bhasthi  
   - Language: Kannada  
   - Publisher: Tilted Axis Press  
   - Synopsis: A collection of 12 short stories exploring the lives of Muslim women and girls in southern India, rendered with wry humor and deep empathy.

2. On the Calculation of Volume I
   - Author: Solvej Balle  
   - Translator: Barbara J. Haveland  
   - Language: Danish  
   - Publisher: Lolli Editions  
   - Synopsis: A profound meditation on love and existence, centered around a protagonist inexplicably stuck in the same day.

3. Small Boat
   - Author: Vincent Delecroix  
   - Translator: Helen Stevenson  
   - Language: French  
   - Publisher: Les Fugitives  
   - Synopsis: A gut-punch of a novel that delves into the migrant crisis, following a narrator's attempt to clear her conscience after a tragic incident.

4. Perfection
   - Author: Vincenzo Latronico  
   - Translator: Sophie Hughes  
   - Language: Italian  
   - Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions  
   - Synopsis: An astute and often humorous portrait of everyday privilege and modern aspirations, following an expat couple in Berlin.

5. A Leopard-Skin Hat  
   - Author: Anne Serre  
   - Translator: Mark Hutchinson  
   - Language: French  
   - Publisher: Les Fugitives  
   - Synopsis: A deeply romantic yet platonic love story between the narrator and his complicated childhood friend.

6. Under the Eye of the Big Bird
   - Author: Hiromi Kawakami  
   - Translator: Asa Yoneda  
   - Language: Japanese  
   - Publisher: Granta Books  
   - Synopsis: An epic narrative that tells the story of humanity's evolution on an expansive scale, stretching into the far future.

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The winner will be announced on May 20, 2025, in London. The £50,000 prize will be split equally between the author and the translator.