The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Nominated by: Central Openbare Bibliotheek, Ghent, Belgium; Cork City Libraries, Cork, Ireland; Stadtbuchereien Frankfurt, Germany; London Libraries, England; Bibliotheek Tweebronnen, Leuven, Belgium; Kansas City Public Library, U.S.A ; Tampere City Library, Finland; Cape Breton Regional Library, Nova Scotia, Canada; Toronto Public Library Board, Canada; Ottawa Public Library, Canada; Durban Metropolitan Library Services, South Africa
Publisher of Nominated Edition: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Canada; Bloomsbury, UK; Nan A. Talese, USA
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True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Nominated by: State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia + State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia + Waterford County Library, Waterford, Ireland
Publisher of Nominated Edition: University of Queensland Press
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The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
Nominated by: Waterford County Library, Waterford, Ireland
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Nominated by: Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Miramax
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The Years with Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes
Translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam
Nominated by: Biblioteca Daniel Cosio Villegas of El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Nominated by: Deichmanske Bibliothek, Oslo, Norway + Munchner Stadtbibliothek, Munich, Germany + Stadbuchereien Hannover, Hannover, Germany + Leipziger Stadtische Bibliotheken, Leipzig, Germany
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Cornerstone + Alfred A. Knopf
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Madame by Antoni Libera
Translated from the Polish by Agnieszka Kolakowska
Nominated by: Biblioteka Publiczna M.St. Warszawy, Warsaw, Poland + Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto, Helsinki, Finland
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Farrar Straus & Giroux