The International Booker Prize 2022 Longlist

The 13 long listed novels have been announced. They are works of fiction translated into English from 11 languages and originate from 12 countries across four continents – including Hindi for the first time.

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• Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
• Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
• Love In The Big City by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur
• Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson, translated by Tiffany Tsao
• Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle
• The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman, translated by Leslie Camhi
• More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen
• Phenotypes by Paulo Scott, translated by Daniel Hahn
• A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls
• After The Sun by Jonas Eika, translated by Sherilyn Hellberg
• Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell
• The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

I am incredibly excited about this list and so eager to read all of it, especially in conjunction with the Shadow Panel of blogging friends:

• Tony of Tony’s Reading List
• Stu of Winstonsdad’s Blog
• David of David’s Book World
• Oisin of Literayty
• Frances (on Twitter @nonsuchbook)
• Vivek of The Hungry Reader
• Areeb (on Twitter @Broke_Bookworm)
• Paul (on Twitter @fulcherpaul)

Look for our review on our blogs and social media to find our thoughts on this most promising long list. Especially beloved by me so far are Heaven by Meiko Kawakami (which also fits nicely the Japanese Literature Challenge 15) and A New Name by Jon Fosse…