We invite over 400 library systems to participate each year. Many thanks to the libraries who returned the nomination forms for 2016. If your library would like to be involved in the nomination process, please contact the award office at the address below.
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Adelaide
The State Library of South Australia
- The Zone of Interest – Martin Amis
- The Claimant – Janette Turner Hospital
- Summer House with Swimming Pool – Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett
Brisbane
The State Library of Queensland
- The Strays – Emily Bitto
- The Golden Age – Joan London
- Here Come the Dogs – Omar Musa
Canberra
- The Eye of the Sheep – Sofie Laguna
- The Golden Age – Joan London
- Here Come the Dogs – Omar Musa
Melbourne
- What Came Before – Anna George
- Golden Boys – Sonya Hartnett
- Cicada – Moira McKinnon
Sydney
State Library of New South Wales
- Golden Boys – Sonya Hartnett
- The Golden Age – Joan London
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Salzburg
- F – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
Vienna
- I Called Him Necktie – Milena Michiko Flašar, translated by Sheila Dickie
- Who is Martha? – Marjana Gaponenko, translated by Arabella Spencer
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Bridgetown
National Library Service of Barbados
- An Untamed State – Roxane Gay
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin
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Bruges
- Outlaws – Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker, translated by Sam Taylor
- Christ’s Entry into Brussels by Dimitri Verhulst, translated by David Colmer
Brussels
- How to Build a Girl – Caitlin Moran
- The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters
Gent
Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent
- Orfeo by Richard Powers
- In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman
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Brasilia
Biblioteca Demonstrativa Maria da Conceição Moreira Salles
- Blood-Drenched Beard by Daniel Galera, translated by Alison Entrekin
- Diary of the Fall – Michel Laub, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
- Talking to Ourselves – Andrés Neuman, translated by Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia
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Calgary
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Back of the Turtle – Thomas King
- Us Conductors – Sean Michaels
Edmonton
- Sweetland by Michael Crummey
- Who By Fire – Fred Stenson
- All My Puny Sorrows – Miriam Toews
Halifax
- An Untamed State – Roxane Gay
- A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain – Adrianne Harun
- Us Conductors – Sean Michaels
Ottawa
- Sweetland – Michael Crummey
- The Girl Who Was Saturday Night – Heather O’Neill
- All My Puny Sorrows – Miriam Toews
Saint John
Saint John Free Public Library
- Sweetland – Michael Crummey
- Will Starling – Ian Weir
- The Lobster Kings – Alexi Zentner
St. John’s
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
- Sweetland – Michael Crummey
Sydney
- The Hollow Ground – Natalie S. Harnett
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
- Small Blessings – Martha Woodroof
Toronto
- All My Puny Sorrows – Miriam Toews
- The Bone Clocks – David Mitchell
Winnipeg
- The Zone of Interest – Martin Amis
- All My Puny Sorrows – Miriam Toews
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Beijing
- The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd
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Rijeka
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker, translated by Sam Taylor
- Placebo – the Beauty and Horror of Lies – Sead Mahmutefendic, translated by Marina Cotic & Marija Vujica
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Karviná-Mizerov
- The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden – Jonas Jonasson, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Prague
- The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
- The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith
Třinec
- Cairo – Louis Armand
- Notes from Underground – Roger Scruton
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Aarhus
- This Should Be Written in the Present Tense – Helle Helle, translated by Martin Aitkin
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Birmingham
- The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
- Elizabeth is Missing – Emma Healey
- The Bone Clocks – David Mitchell
Liverpool
- Outline – Rachel Cusk
- Little Egypt – Lesley Glaister
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
London
- The Temporary Gentleman – Sebastian Barry
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
Newcastle
- The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
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Tallinn
- Us – David Nicholls
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Helsinki
- Memory of Water – Emmi Itäranta, translated by the author
Tampere
- The Bone Clocks – David Mitchell
- The Thrill of It All – Joseph O’Connor
- Completion – Tim Walker
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Mulhouse
Bibliothèque Municipale de Mulhouse
- The Blazing World – Siri Hustvedt
- Lock In – John Scalzi
Nice
Bibliothèque Municipale Á Vocation Regionale de Nice
- The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things – Patrick Rothfuss
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Tbilisi
The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
- White Lama – Merab Ratishvili, translated by Natia Badriashvili
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Berlin
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
- The End of Days – Jenny Erphenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- F – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
- The Giraffe’s Neck – Judith Schalansky, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Bonn
Universitats-und Landesbibliothek Bonn
- The Hilltop – Assaf Gavron, translated by Steven Cohen
Bremen
- The End of Days – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- All Russians Love Birch Trees – Olga Grjasnowa, translated by Eva Bacon
- Decompression – Juli Zeh, translated by John Cullen
Düsseldorf
- Prayers for the Stolen – Jennifer Clement
- All Russians Love Birch Trees – Olga Grjasnowa, translated by Eva Bacon
- All Days Are Night – Peter Stamm, translated by Michael Hofmann
Frankfurt
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Blazing World – Siri Hustvedt
- The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd
Leipzig
Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken
- Tiger Milk – Stefanie de Valasco, translated by Tim Mohr
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
Mainz
- The Snow Queen – Michael Cunningham
- Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? – Dave Eggers
- F – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Munich
- The End of Days – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
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Veria
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
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Kecskemét
Katona József Library of Bács-Kiskun County
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker, translated by Sam Taylor
- The Undertaking – Audrey Magee
- Look Who’s Back – Timur Vermes, translated by Jamie Bulloch
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Reykjavík
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker, translated by Sam Taylor
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New Delhi
India International Centre Library
- The Lives of Others – Neel Mukherjee
- Family Life – Akhil Sharma
- The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey – Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Cork
- The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
- A Man Lies Dreaming – Lavie Tidhar, translated?
- The Diary of Mary Travers – Eibhear Walshe
Dublin
- Academy Street – Mary Costello
- The End of Days – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
Galway
- Adultery – Paulo Coelho, translated by Margaret Jull Costa & Zoë Perry
- Academy Street – Mary Costello
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
Limerick
Limerick City and County Library Service
- Academy Street – Mary Costello
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
Waterford
Waterford City and County Libraries
- Academy Street – Mary Costello
- Unravelling Oliver – Liz Nugent
- Dept. of Speculation – Jenny Offill
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Naples
Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli
- On Such A Full Sea – Chang-rae Lee
- The Lives of Others – Neel Mukherjee
Rome
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
- On Earth as It Is in Heaven – Davide Enia Translated by Antony Shugaar
- Live Bait – Fabio Genovesi Translated by Michael F. Moore
- Limbo – Melania Mazzucco Translated by Virginia Jewiss
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Kingston
- A Brief History of Seven Killings – Marlon James
- Uncle Brother – Barbara Lalla
- Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng
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Vaduz
National Library of Liechtenstein
- Rapids by Patrick Boltshauser, translated by Peter Arnds
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Kuala Lumpur
- The Michelangelo Code – Nazehran Jose Ahmad, translated by Anis Mansor
- Tree of Sorrow – Malim Ghozali PK, translated
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Mexico City
Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México
- Texas: The Great Theft – Carmen Boullosa, translated by Samantha Schnee
- Severina – Rodrigo Rey Rosa, translated by Chris Andrews
- Ten Women – Marcela Serrano, translated by Beth Fowler
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Herceg Novi
JU Gradska biblioteka I citaonica Herceg-Novi
- The Great War – Aleksandar Gatalica, translated by Will Firth
- Thai – Goran Cocic, translated by Christina Pribichevich Zorić
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Amsterdam
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
- Bonita Avenue – Peter Buwalda, translated by Jonathan Reeder
- Christ’s Entry into Brussels – Dimitri Verhulst, translated by David Colmer
Eindhoven
- The King – Kader Abdolah, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
- Bonita Avenue – Peter Buwalda, translated by Jonathan Reeder
- Summer House with Swimming Pool – Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett
Rotterdam
Stichting Bibliotheek Rotterdam
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Barefoot Queen – Ildefonso Falcones, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
- Boy, Snow, Bird – Helen Oyeyemi
The Hague
- Bonita Avenue – Peter Buwalda, translated by Jonathan Reeder
- News from Berlin – Otto de Kat, translated by Ina Rilke
- Christ’s Entry into Brussels – Dimitri Verhulst, translated by David Colmer
Utrecht
- Bonita Avenue – Peter Buwalda, translated by Jonathan Reeder
- Christ’s Entry into Brussels – Dimitri Verhulst, translated by David Colmer
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Auckland
- The Amber Fury – Natalie Haynes
- Where the Rekohu Bone Sings – Tina Makereti
- The Bright Side of My Condition – Charlotte Randall
Christchurch
- Academy Street – Mary Costello
- Fourth of July Creek – Smith Henderson
- Nora Webster – Colm Tóibín
Dunedin
- The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd
- Us – David Nicholls
- The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters
Timaru
- The Incarnations – Susan Barker
- The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
- The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy – Rachel Joyce
Wellington
- Of Things Gone Astray – Janina Matthewson
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Bergen
- Falling Out of Time – David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
- Their Lips Talk of Mischief – Alan Warner
Oslo
- This Should Be Written in the Present Tense – Helle Helle, translated by Martin Aitkin
- The Blazing World – Siri Hustvedt
- The Dead Lake – Hamid Ismailov, translated by Andrew Bromfield
Stavanger
- Diary of the Fall – Michel Laub, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
- I Refuse – Per Petterson, translated by Don Bartlett
- See You Tomorrow – Tore Renberg, translated by Seán Kinsella
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Łódź
Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi
- A Fairy Tale – Jonas T. Bengtsson, translated by Charlotte Barslund
- Confessions – Jaume Cabré, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
- Last Bus to Coffeeville – J. Paul Henderson
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Oeiras
Biblioteca Municipal de Oeiras
- Nowhere People – Paulo Scott, translated by Daniel Hahn
- The Heist – Daniel Silva
- The Night Watchman – Richard Zimler
Porto
Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto
- The Night Watchman – Richard Zimler
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Moscow
Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
- Fallout – Sadie Jones
- Nora Webster – Colm Tóibín
- The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle – Kirsty Wark
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Edinburgh
- How to be both – Ali Smith
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Belgrade
- Thai – Goran Gocić, translated by Christina Pribichevich Zorić
- Very Little Light – Vladan Matijević, translated by Persida Bošković
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Ljubljana
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
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Johannesburg
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Library & Information Services
- Tales of the Metric System – Imraan Coovadia
- The Texture of Shadows – Mandla Langa
- Rachel’s Blue – Zakes Mda
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Barcelona
Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia, Biblioteques de Barcelona
- Outlaws – Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean
- The Children Act – Ian McEwan
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Colombo
- The Scribe – Sobani Iddamalgoda
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Stockholm
- The Book of Strange New Things – Michel Faber
- Song for an Approaching Storm – Peter Froberg Idling Translated by Peter Graves
- The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters
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Bern
- Outlaws – Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean
- The Snow Queen – Michael Cunningham
Geneva
Bibliothèques Municipales, Genève
- Confessions – Jaume Cabré, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
- The Avenue of the Giants – Marc Dugain, translated by Howard Curtis
- Our Lady of the Nile – Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Melanie Mauthner
Zurich
Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland
- Ghost Moon – Ron Butlin
- The End of Days – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Nora Webster – Colm Tóibín
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Chicago
- The Enchanted – Rene Denfeld
- An Untamed State – Roxane Gay
- Dept. of Speculation – Jenny Offill
Cincinnati
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
- An Unnecessary Woman – Rabih Alameddine
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
Cleveland
- An Unnecessary Woman – Rabih Alameddine
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- All My Puny Sorrows – Miriam Toews
Colorado Springs
- Song of the Shank – Jeffery Renard Allen
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- All Our Names – Dinaw Mengestu
Columbia
- Above the East China Sea – Sarah Bird
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. – Gina Barkhordar Nahai
Concord
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- How to be both – Ali Smith
Denver
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- The Book of Strange New Things – Michel Faber
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
Hartford
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- Invisible Beasts – Sharona Muir
- Fives and Twenty-Fives – Michael Pitre
Houston
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- Euphoria – Lily King
Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Public Library
- Adultery – Paulo Coelho, translated by Margaret Jull Costa & Zoë Perry
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage – Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel
- Family Life – Akhil Sharma
Los Angeles
- An Unnecessary Woman – Rabih Alameddine
- 1914 – Jean Echenoz, translated by Linda Coverdale
- Kamal Jann – Dominique Eddé, translated by Ros Schwartz
Miami
Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Fourth of July Creek – Smith Henderson
- Dissident Gardens – Jonathan Lethem
Milwaukee
- We Are Not Ourselves – Matthew Thomas
- Nora Webster – Colm Tóibín
New York
- 10:04 – Ben Lerner
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
- House of Purple Cedar – Tim Tingle
Philadelphia
- Life Drawing – Robin Black
- 1914 – Jean Echenoz, translated by Linda Coverdale
- F – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- Boy, Snow, Bird – Helen Oyeyemi
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
Portland
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
- How to be both – Ali Smith
- I Loved You More – Tom Spanbauer
Richmond
City of Richmond Public Library
- The Blazing World – Siri Hustvedt
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- How to be both – Ali Smith
San Diego
- 10:04 – Ben Lerner
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
- Lila – Marilynne Robinson
San Francisco
- The Moor’s Account – Laila Lalami
- The Bees – Laline Paull
San José
- Gutenberg’s Apprentice – Alix Christie
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
Seattle
- Dept. of Speculation – Jenny Offill
- Land of Love and Drowning – Tiphanie Yanique
Springfield
- All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
- Some Luck – Jane Smiley
- We Are Not Ourselves – Matthew Thomas
Tallahassee
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System
- An Unnecessary Woman – Rabih Alameddine
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
Tulsa
- Natchez Burning – Greg Iles
- Last Night at the Blue Angel – Rebecca Rotert
- Nora Webster – Colm Tóibín
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