The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
Nominated by: Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada + Bergen Public Library, Bergen, Norway
Publishers of Nominated Editions: HarperFlamingo Canada + Bloomsbury
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Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
Nominated by: Cape Town City Libraries, Cape Town, South Africa
Publisher of Nominated Edition: Kwela Books
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The Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist
Translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnelly
Nominated by: State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia + Regional Library of Karvina, Karvina-Mizerov, Czech Republic + Copenhagen Central Library, Copenhagen, Denmark + Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto, Helsinki, Finland + Mariehamns Stadsbibliotek, Mariehamn, Finland + Stadtbuchereien Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany + Stadtbibliothek Hannover, Hannover, Germany + Leipziger Stadtische Bibliotheken, Leipzig, Germany + Stadtbibliothek Mainz, Mainz, Germany + Public Library of Westman Islands, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland + Solvberget KF – Stavanger Bibliotek og Kulturhus, Stavanger, Norway + Goteborg Stadsbibliotek, Gothenburg, Sweden + Stockholms Stadsbibliotek, Stockholm, Sweden + Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
Publishers of Nominated Editions: Overlook Press + Harvill Press
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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Nominated by: Zentral-und Landesbibliothek Berlin, Berlin, Germany + Stadtbucherei Frankfurt-am-Main, Frankfurt, Germany + Waterford County Library, Waterford, Ireland + Belfast Education and Library Board, Belfast, Northern Ireland + Bibliotecas Publicas Municipales de Madrid, Madrid, Spain + Stadt-und Universitatsbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland + Chicago Public Library, Chicago, USA + Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, USA + Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, USA + Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, USA + Richmond Public Library, Richmond, USA + Lincoln Library, Springfield, USA + District of Columbia Public Library, Washington D.C., USA
Publisher of Nominated Editions: Farrer, Straus & Giroux + Fourth Estate
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The Painter of Birds by Lidia Jorge
Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa
Nominated by: Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto, Helsinki, Finland + Tampere City Library, Tampere, Finland + Biblioteca Municipal Central de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Publishers of Nominated Editions: Harcourt + Harvill Press
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That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
Nominated by: Cork City Library, Cork, Ireland + Dublin City Public Libraries, Dublin, Ireland
Publishers of Nominated Editions: Faber & Faber
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My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Translated from the Turkish by Erdag Goknar
Nominated by: Universitats-und Landesbibliothek Bonn, Bonn, Germany + Bibliotheques Municipales, Geneva, Switzerland + Hartford Public Library, Hartford, USA
Publisher of Nominated Editions: A.A. Knopf + Faber & Faber
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Nominated by: Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, USA + Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, USA + Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, USA + San José Public Library, San José, USA + Tucson-Pima Public Library, Tucson, USA
Publisher of Nominated Edition: HarperCollins