The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Nominated by: Tampere City Library, Tampere, Finland + Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany + Hartford Public Library, Hartford, USA + Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, USA + Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, Wenham, USA
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Henry Holt & Co.
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Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Nominated by: Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, Newcastle, England + Glasgow Libraries, Information & Learning, Glasgow, Scotland + LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library, Tallahassee, USA
Publishers of Nominated Editions: Hamish Hamilton + Alfred A. Knopf
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Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Nominated by: New York Public Library, New York, USA
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Alfred A. Knopf
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Nominated by: Hoofdstedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek, Brussels, Belgium + Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken, Leipzig, Germany + Veria Central Public Library, Veria, Greece + Waterford County Library, Waterford, Ireland + Chicago Public Library, Chicago, USA + Richland County Public Library, Columbia, USA + Houston Public Library, Houston, USA + Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, USA + Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, USA + New York Public Library, New York, USA + Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
Publishers of Nominated Editions: Bloomsbury Publishing + Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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The White Family by Maggie Gee
Nominated by: Manchester Libraries & Theatres, Manchester, England + Mariehamns Stadsbibliotek, Mariehamn, Finland + Jafet Library-American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Saqi Books
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This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale
Nominated by: Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo, Norway
Publisher of Nominated Edition: The New Press
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Balthasar’s Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
Translated from the French by Barbara Bray
Nominated by: Médiathèque de l’Agglomération de Montpellier, Montpellier, France + Stadtbibliothek Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Harvill Press
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Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Nominated by: State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia + Halifax Regional Library, Dartmouth, Canada + Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, Canada + Mariehamns Stadsbibliotek, Mariehamn, Finland + Bergen Public Library, Bergen, Norway + City of Johannesburg Library & Information Services, South Africa + Lincoln Library, Springfield, USA + Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Cincinnati, USA + Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, USA + San José Public Library, San José, USA
Publishers of Nominated Editions: McClelland & Stewart + Alfred A. Knopf + Faber & Faber
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Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Translated from the Dari by Erdag M. Göknar
Nominated by: Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto Helsinki, Finland + Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Bonn, Bonn, Germany + Solvberget KF – Stavanger Bibliotek og Kulturhus, Stavanger, Norway + Bibliothèques Municipales, Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Chatto & Windus
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House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Nominated by: Knjiznice Grada Zagrebau, Zagreb, Croatia + Regional Library of Karviná, Karviná-Mizerov, Czech Republic + Bacs-Kiskun County Government, Kecskemet, Hungary + Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteca Publiczna im Marszalka J.Pilsudskiego, Lodz, Poland
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Granta Books