Libraries 2015

We invited over 400 library systems to participate this year. Many thanks to all the libraries who returned the nomination forms for 2015

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Adelaide

The State Library of South Australia

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Son – Philipp Meyer

Brisbane

The State Library of Queensland

• Eyrie – Tim Winton
• Mullumbimby – Melissa Lucashenko
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan

Canberra

National Library of Australia

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan
• Mullumbimby – Melissa Lucashenko
• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent

Melbourne

State Library of Victoria

• Barracuda – Christos Tsiolkas
• Coal Creek – Alex Miller
• Cairo – Chris Womersley

Sydney

State Library of New South Wales

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan
• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent
• The Swan Book – Alexis Wright

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Salzburg

Stadt:Bibliothek Salzburg

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion
• Doctor Sleep – Stephen King

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Bridgetown

National Library Service of Barbados

• The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer
• Gloria – Kerry Young
• As Flies to Whatless Boys – Robert Antoni

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Bruges

Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge

• Ghana Must Go – Taiye Selasi
• The Sorrow of Angels – Jón Kalman Stefánsson Translated by Philip Roughton
• The Infatuations – Javier Marías Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Brussels

Muntpunt

• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• Expo 58 – Jonathan Coe

Gent

Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent

• Expo 58 – Jonathan Coe
• The Circle – Dave Eggers

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Brasilia

Biblioteca Demonstrativa Maria da Conceição Moreira Salles with Fundação Biblioteca Nacional

• K. – Bernardo Kucinski Translated by Sue Branford
• Crow Blue – Adriana Lisboa Translated by Alison Entrekin
• Quesadillas – Juan Pablo Villalobos Translated by Rosalind Harvey

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Calgary

Calgary Public Library

• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• MaddAddam – Margaret Atwood

Edmonton

Edmonton Public Library

• Love Letters of the Angels of Death – Jennifer Quist
• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo

Halifax

Halifax Public Libraries

• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann

Ottawa

Ottawa Public Library

• MaddAddam – Margaret Atwood
• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• The Woman Upstairs – Claire Messud

Saint John

Saint John Free Public Library

• For Sure – France Daigle Translated by Robert Majzels
• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden

St. John’s

Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries

• The Strangers’ Gallery – Paul Bowdring

Sydney

Cape Breton Regional Library

• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Woman Upstairs – Claire Messud
• Perfect – Rachel Joyce

Toronto

Toronto Public Library

• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• MaddAddam – Margaret Atwood
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Vancouver

Vancouver Public Library

• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• Anatomy of a Girl Gang – Ashley Little
• Three Souls – Janie Chang

Winnipeg

Winnipeg Public Library

• The Orenda – Joseph Boyden
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki
• Under Budapest – Ailsa Kay

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Beijing

The Capital Library of China

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
• The Storyteller – Jodi Piccoult
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson

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Rijeka

Gradska knjižnica Rijeka

• Return to Killybegs – Sorj Chalandon Translated by Ursula Meaney Scott
• Life Form – Amélie Nothomb Translated by Alison Anderson
• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton

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Karviná-Mizerov

Regionální knihovna Karviná

• The Devil’s Workshop – Jáchym Topol Translated by Alex Zucker
• The Dark Road – Ma Jian Translated by Flora Drew

Třinec

Městská knihovna Třinec

• The Devil’s Workshop – Jáchym Topol Translated by Alex Zucker

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Birmingham

Library of Birmingham

• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• Ghana Must Go – Taiye Selasi

Liverpool

Liverpool City Libraries

• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
• The Guts – Roddy Doyle
• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini

London

Redbridge Libraries

• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Humans – Matt Haig

Newcastle

Newcastle Libraries

• Stolen – Rebecca Muddiman
• The Things We Never Said – Susan Elliot Wright

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Tallinn

National Library of Estonia

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini

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Helsinki

Helsinki City Library

• Mr Darwin’s Gardener – Kristina Carlson Translated by Emily & Fleur Jeremiah
• Cold Courage – Pekka Hiltunen Translated by Owen F. Witesman

Tampere

Tampere City Library

• The Collector of Lost Things – Jeremy Page
• The Banner of the Passing Clouds – Anthea Nicholson
• Orkney – Amy Sackville

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Lyon

Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon

• The Victoria System – Éric Reinhardt Translated by Sam Taylor
• Saving Mozart -Raphaël Jerusalmy Translated by Howard Curtis
• Brief Loves That Live Forever – Andreï Makine Translated by Geoffrey Strachan

Mulhouse

Bibliothèque Municipale de Mulhouse

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• Bleeding Edge – Thomas Pynchon

Nice

Bibliothèque Municipale Á Vocation Regionale de Nice

• The Cuckoo’s Calling – Robert Galbraith

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Berlin

Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell
• Ghana Must Go – Taiye Selasi
• Plan D – Simon Urban Translated by Katy Derbyshire

Bremen

Stadtbibliothek Bremen

• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell
• Roman Elegy – Sabine Gruber Translated by Peter Lewis
• Back to Back – Julia Franck Translated by Anthea Bell

Düsseldorf

Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf

• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• Ghana Must Go – Taiye Selasi

Frankfurt

Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main

• The Rosie Project – Graeme Simison
• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell

Leipzig

Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken

• The Light and the Dark – Mikhail Shishkin Translated by Andrew Bromfield
• Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything – Daniela Krien Translated by Jamie Bulloch
• Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Mainz

Bibliotheken der Stadt Mainz

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Munich

Münchner Stadtbibliothek

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Veria

Veria Central Public Library

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
• The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
• Someone – Alice McDermott

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Kecskemét

Katona József Library of Bács-Kiskun County

• And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
• Nothing Holds Back the Night – Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller
• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell

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Reykjavík

Borgarbókasafn Reykjavíkur

• Reply to a Letter from Helga – Bergsveinn Birgisson Translated by Philip Roughton
• The Sorrow of Angels – Jón Kalman Stefánsson Translated by Philip Roughton

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New Delhi

India International Centre Library

• The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
• This Place – Amitabha Bagchi
• Like It Happened Yesterday – Ravinder Singh

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Cork

Cork City Libraries

• Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth L. Ozeki
• The Rising of Bella Casey – Mary Morrissy

Dublin

Dublin City Public Libraries

• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
• The Rising of Bella Casey – Mary Morrissey
• In Times of Fading Light – Eugen Ruge Translated by Anthea Bell

Galway

Galway County Library

• Ways of Going Home – Alejandro Zambra Translated by Megan McDowell
• The Herbalist – Niamh Boyce
• Instructions for a Heatwave – Maggie O’Farrell

Limerick

Limerick City and County Library Service

• The Thing About December – Donal Ryan
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion

Waterford

Waterford City and County Libraries

• Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
• The Paris Architect – Charles Belfoure

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Florence

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

• The Silence of the Wave – Gianrico Carofiglio Translated by Howard Curtis
• The Mussolini Canal – Antonio Pennacchi Translated by Judith Landry
• The Dark Heart of Florence – Michele Giuttari Translated by Howard Curtis and Isabelle Kaufeler

Naples

Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli

• Paris – Edward Rutherfurd

Rome

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

• Let the Games Begin – Niccolò Ammaniti Translated by Kylee Doust
• The Parrots – Filippo Bologna Translated by Howard Curtis
• The Story of My Purity – Francesco Pacifico Translated by Stephen Twilley

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Kingston

Jamaica Library Service

• All Over Again – A-dZiko Simba Gegele

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Vaduz

National Library of Liechtenstein

• The Abyssinian Cache – Kurt J. Jaeger Translated by the Author

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Kuala Lumpur

National Library of Malaysia

• Wedding Speech – Khaliza Khalid
• John Solomon and the Fifth Island – Samuill Tiew Translated by Szakif Enterprise

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Mexico

Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de Méxic, A.C.

• Ways of Going Home – Alejandro Zambra Translated by Megan McDowell
• A Crack in the Wall – Claudia Piñeiro Translated by Miranda France
• The Days of the Rainbow – Antonio Skármeta Translated by Mery Botbol

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Amsterdam

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam

• Betrayal – Adriaan van Dis Translated by Ina Rilke
• Tula – The Revolt – Jeroen Leinders Translated by Brian Doyle-Du Breuil

Eindhoven

De Bibliotheek Eindhoven

• Betrayal – Adriaan van Dis Translated by Ina Rilke
• Tula – The Revolt – Jeroen Leinders Translated by Brian Doyle-Du Breuil

Rotterdam

Stichting Bibliotheek Rotterdam

• Betrayal – Adriaan van Dis Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Collector of Lost Things – Jeremy Page
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki

The Hague

The Libraries of the Hague

• Betrayal – Adriaan van Dis Translated by Ina Rilke
• Tula – The Revolt – Jeroen Leinders Translated by Brian Doyle-Du Breuil

Utrecht

De Bibliotheek Utrecht

• Betrayal – Adriaan van Dis Translated by Ina Rilke
• Tula – The Revolt – Jeroen Leinders Translated by Brian Doyle-Du Breuil

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Auckland

Auckland Libraries

• The Infinite Air – Fiona Kidman
• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• The Last Days of the National Costume – Anne Kennedy

Christchurch

Christchurch City Libraries

• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Dunedin

Dunedin Public Libraries

• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Blind Man’s Garden – Nadeem Aslam

Timaru

Timaru District Libraries

• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Wellington

Wellington City Libraries

• The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
• The Last Days of the National Costume – Anne Kennedy
• The Disestablishment of Paradise – Phillip Mann

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Oslo

Deichmanske Bibliotek

• Voices from Chernobyl – Ingrid Storholmen, Translated by Marietta Taralrud Maddrell
• Night Film – Marisha Pessl

Stavanger

Stavanger Bibliotek

• Before I Burn – Gaute Heivoll Translated by Don Bartlett
• Reply to a Letter from Helga – Bergsveinn Birgisson Translated by Philip Roughton
• A Man in Love – Karl Ove Knausgaard Translated by Don Bartlett

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Łódź

Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi

• In the Night of Time – Antonio Muñoz Molina Translated by Edith Grossman
• The Universe Versus Alex Woods – Gavin Extence
• On Sal Mal Lane – Ru Freeman

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Lisbon

Rede de Bibliotecas Municipais de Lisboa

• Free City – João Almino Translated by Rhett McNeil
• In the Night of Time – Antonio Muñoz Molina Translated by Edith Grossman
• Expo 58 – Jonathan Coe

Oeiras

Biblioteca Municipal de Oeiras

• The Tuner of Silences – Mia Couto Translated by David Brookshaw
• The Only Happy Ending for a Love Story is an Accident – J. P. Cuenca Translated by Elizabeth Lowe

Porto

Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto

• The Tuner of Silences – Mia Couto Translated by David Brookshaw
• The Only Happy Ending for a Love Story is an Accident – J. P. Cuenca Translated by Elizabeth Lowe

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Moscow

Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
• Benediction – Kent Haruf
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson

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Ljubljana

Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana

• On the Gold Coast – Evald Flisar Translated by Timothy Pogačar

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Cape Town

Cape Town Central Library

• Ghana Must Go – Taiye Selasi
• The Hired Man – Aminatta Forna

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Seoul

Literature Translation Institute of Korea Library

• At Least We Can Apologize – Lee Ki-ho Translated by Christopher J. Dykas
• No One Writes Back – Jang Eun-jin Translated by Jung Yewon

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Barcelona

Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia, Biblioteques de Barcelona

• The Childhood of Jesus – J.M. Coetzee
• The Dark Road – Ma Jian Translated by Flora Drew
• Bleeding Edge – Thomas Pynchon

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Colombo

Colombo Public Library

• Omunkashyu – Dilshan Boange

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Stockholm

Stockholm Public Library

• The Violent Century – Lavie Tidhar
• Americanah – Chimanada Adichie
• The Flamethrowers – Rachel Kushner

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Bern

Universitätsbibliothek Bern

• Naw Much of a Talker – Pedro Lenz Translated by Donal McLaughlin
• Harvest – Jim Crace

Geneva

Bibliothèques Municipales, Genève

• Nothing Holds Back The Night – Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller
• In the Night of Time – Antonio Muñoz Molina Translated by Edith Grossman

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Boston

Boston Public Library

• We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Infatuations – Javier Marías Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Cheyenne

Laramie County Library System

• A Blind Goddess – James R. Benn
• The Bones of Paris – Laurie R. King
• The Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert

Chicago

Chicago Public Library

• The Hired Man – Aminatta Forna
• The Flamethrowers – Rachel Kushner
• Horses of God – Mahi Binebine Translated by Lulu Norman

Cincinnati

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – Anthony Marra
• Americanah – Chimamanda Adiche
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Cleveland

Cleveland Public Library

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – Anthony Marra
• Benediction – Kent Haruf

Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak Library District

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini 
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki
• The Blind Man’s Garden – Nadeem Aslam

Columbia

Richland Library

• The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent
• The Good House – Ann Leary

Concord

New Hampshire State Library

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki

Denver

Denver Public Library

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson

Detroit

Detroit Public Library

• Americanah – Chimamanda Adichie

Hartford

Hartford Public Library

• Percival Everett by Virgil Russell – Percival Everett
• Brittle Star – Rod Val Moore
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – Anthony Marra

Honolulu

Hawaii State Public Library System

• How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia – Mohsin Hamid
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman

Houston

Houston Public Library

• The Pieces We Keep – Kristina McMorris
• The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri

Jacksonville

The Jacksonville Public Library

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• Fever – Mary Beth Keane
• The Bookman’s Tale – Charlie Lovett

Kansas City

The Kansas City Public Library

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• The Maid’s Version – Daniel Woodrell
• S. – Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Public Library

• The Story of a New Name – Elena Ferrante Translated by Ann Goldstein

Miami

Miami-Dade Public Library System

• The Son – Philipp Meyer
• Dissident Gardens – Jonathan Lethem

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Public Library

• Americanah – Chimamanda Adichie
• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson
• The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

•  Kind of Kin – Rilla Askew

Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia

• Let Him Go – Larry Watson
• Death of the Black-Haired Girl – Robert Stone
• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki

Portland

Multnomah County Library

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – Anthony Marra
• Americanah – Chimamanda Adichie
• Let Him Go – Larry Watson

Richmond

City of Richmond Public Library

• The People in the Trees – Hanya Yanagihara
• The Good Lord Bird – James McBride
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler

San Diego

San Diego Public Library

• Sparta – Roxana Robinson
• Americanah – Chimamanda Adichie
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

San Francisco

San Francisco Public Library

• A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – Anthony Marra

San José

San José Public Library

• And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini
• The Circle – Dave Eggers

Seattle

The Seattle Public Library

• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler
• The Story of a New Name – Elena Ferrante Translated by Ann Goldstein
• The Maid’s Version – Daniel Woodrell

Springfield

Lincoln Library

• The Woman Upstairs – Claire Messud
• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt

Tallahassee

LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System

•  Harvest – Jim Crace

Tulsa

Tulsa City-County Library

• The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
• The Burgess Boys – Elizabeth Strout
• Perfect – Rachel Joyce

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