The Palestinian novel 'The Book of Disappearance' by Ibtisam Azem has been longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Read More: Indian Films and Series Coming to Netflix This Year The fantas

The German Studies faculty member's translation of Christian Kracht's latest novel is one of 13 titles recognized

This year's 13-book International Booker Prize longlist comprises 11 novels and two short story collections translated from 10 languages. The six-book shortlist will be revealed on April 8, and the winner will be named on May 20.

Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.

A fantasy novel that imagines what would happen if all Palestinians disappeared is on the longlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Originally written in Arabic, The Book of Disappearance is Palestinian author Ibtisam Azem's second novel and was first published to wide acclaim in 2014.

Sligo in 2021, published There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

Thirteen books have made the longlist. The shortlist of six books will be announced on April 8, and the winner, on May 20.

Thirteen titles from around the world, including Japan, Romania and India, have made the longlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize. The annual award celebrates the best works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English and published in the U.

From tales of Palestinian disappearances to the first translation of a Dutch queer classic, the International Booker Prize longlist is once again a smorgasbord of fascinating fiction from around the world.