We invite over 400 library systems to participate each year. Many thanks to the libraries who returned the nomination forms for 2017.
Invitations to nominate for the 2018 award have been posted. The closing date for returned nomination forms is 5th May. 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
- Undermajordomo Minor – Patrick deWitt
- Man on Fire – Stephen Kelman
- Salt Creek – Lucy Treloar
Brisbane
The State Library of Queensland
- Clade – James Bradley
- Day Boy – Trent Jamieson
- The Promise Seed – Cass Moriarty
Canberra
- The Secret Chord – Geraldine Brooks
- Hope Farm – Peggy Frem
- The Natural Way of Things – Charlotte Wood
Hobart
- The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
Melbourne
- Forever Young – Steven Carroll
- The Heat – Garry Disher
- Hope Farm – Peggy Frew
Perth
State Library of Western Australia
- Coming Rain – Stephen Daisley
Sydney
State Library of New South Wales
- The World Without Us – Mireille Juchau
- Salt Creek – Lucy Treloar
- The Natural Way of Things – Charlotte Wood
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Salzburg
- Woman of the Dead – Bernhard Aichner, translated by Anthea Bell
- A Whole Life – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins
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Bridgetown
National Library Service of Barbados
- The Star Side of Bird Hill – Naomi Jackson
- The Lost Child – Caryl Phillips
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Bruges
- The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine, translated by Martin Aitken
- Gold Flame Citrus – Claire Vaye Watkins
Brussels
- The Harder They Come – T.C. Boyle
- Avenue of Mysteries – John Irving
- Fortunate Slaves – Tom Lanoye, translated by Michele Hutchinson
Gent
Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent
- The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
- Purity – Jonathan Franzen
- Dictator – Robert Harris
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Brasilia
Biblioteca Demonstrativa Maria da Conceição Moreira Salles
- A General Theory of Oblivion – José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn
- Confession of the Lioness – Mia Couto, translated by David Brookshaw
- The Discreet Hero – Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Edith Grossman
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Sofia
St.St. Cyril & Methodius National Library of Bulgaria
- The Physics of Sorrow – Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel
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Calgary
- The Illegal – Lawrence Hill
- The Evening Chorus – Helen Humphreys
- Birdie – Tracey Lindberg
Halifax
- Fifteen Dogs – André Alexis
- The Illegal – Lawrence Hill
Montreal
Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
- The Orange Grove – Larry Tremblay, translated by Sheila Fischman
Ottawa
- Fifteen Dogs – André Alexis
- The Illegal – Lawrence Hill
- The Jaguar’s Children – John Vaillant
Saint John
Saint John Free Public Library
- Fifteen Dogs – André Alexis
- The Birthday Lunch – Joan Clark
- A Measure of Light – Beth Powning
St. John’s
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
- The Devil You Know – Elisabeth de Mariaffi
- Duke – Sara Tilley
- Ledger of the Open Hand – Leslie Vryenhoek
Sydney
- If I Fall, If I Die – Michael Christie
- The Illuminations – Andrew O’Hagan
- The Mystics of Mile End – Sigal Samuel
Toronto
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- The Evening Chorus – Helen Humphreys
Winnipeg
- Submission – Michel Houellebecq, translated by Lorin Stein
- Uprooted – Naomi Novik
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Rijeka
- A General Theory of Oblivion – José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn
- Till Kingdom Come – Andrej Nikolaidis, translated by Will Firth
- Yugoslavia, My Fatherland – Goran Vojnovic, translated by Noah Charney
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Karviná-Mizerov
- Girl At War – Sara Nović
- The Book of Aron – Jim Shepard
- The Last Flight of Poxl West – Daniel Torday
Prague
- Slade House – David Mitchell
- Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Days – Salman Rushdie
Třinec
- The Festival of Insignificance – Milan Kundera, translated by Linda Asher
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Aarhus
- The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine, translated by Martin Aitken
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Liverpool
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- The African Equation – Yasmina Khadra, translated by Howard Curtis
London
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
- Our Endless Numbered Days – Claire Fuller
Newcastle
- The Silent Room – Mari Hannah
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Tallinn
- A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler
Tartu
- Submission – Michel Houellebecq, translated by Lorin Stein
- Imperium – Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles
- When the Doves Disappeared – Sofi Oksanen, translated by Lola Rogers
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Helsinki
- When the Doves Disappeared – Sofi Oksanen, translated by Lola Rogers
- The Winter War – Philip Teir, translated by Tiina Nunnally
Tampere
- Where My Heart Used to Beat – Sebastian Faulks
- The Offering – Grace McCleen
- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street – Natasha Pulley
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Bonn
Universitats-und Landesbibliothek Bonn
- The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma
- Before the Feast – Saša Stanišić, translated by Anthea Bell
Bremen
- This Place Holds No Fear – Monika Held, translated by Anne Postern
- A Whole Life – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins
- Before the Feast – Saša Stanišić, translated by Anthea Bell
Düsseldorf
- Sweet Caress – William Boyd
- Submission – Michel Houellebecq, translated by Lorin Stein
- A Whole Life – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins
Frankfurt
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main
- Before the Feast – Saša Stanišić, translated by Anthea Bell
Leipzig
Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken
- The Japanese Lover – Isabel Allende, translated by Nick Caistor
- My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises – Frederik Backman, translated by Henning Koch
- Before the Feast – Saša Stanišić, translated by Anthea Bell
Mainz
- Submission – Michel Houellebecq, translated by Lorin Stein
Munich
- The Harder They Come – T.C. Boyle
- Imperium – Christian Kracht, translated by Daniel Bowles
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Serres
Central Public Library of Serres
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
Veria
- The Green Road – Anne Enright
- City on Fire – Garth Risk Hallberg
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
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Kecskemét
Katona József Library of Bács-Kiskun County
- The Little Paris Bookshop – Nina George, translated by Simon Pare
- The Great Swindle – Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne
- Circling the Sun – Paula McLain
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Reykjavík
- Yo-yo – Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, translated by Rory McTurk
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New Delhi
India International Centre Library
- Ancestral Affairs – Keki N Daruwalla
- Ghachar Ghochar – Vivek Shanbhag, translated by Srinath Perur
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Cork
- Signs for Lost Children– Sarah Moss
- A Strangeness in My Mind – Orhan Pamuk, translated by Ekin Oklap
- A Whole Life– Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins
Dublin
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume
- The Green Road – Anne Enright
- These Are the Names – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett
Galway
- Beatlebone – Kevin Barry
- Miss Emily – Nuala O’Connor
Limerick
Limerick City and County Library Service
- The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume
- Slade House – David Mitchell
Waterford
Waterford City and County Libraries
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Asking For It – Louise O’Neill
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Naples
Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli
- Purity – Jonathan Franzen
Rome
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
- Hollow Heart – Viola di Grado, translated by Antony Shugaar
- The Pope’s Daughter – Dario Fo, translated by Antony Shugaar
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Kingston
- Best Boy – Eli Gottlieb
- The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
- The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma
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Japan
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
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Skopje
St. Clement of Ohrid National & University Library
- The Horn of Love – Bozin Pavlovski, translated by Vesna N. Krstevski
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Kuala Lumpur
- One Minute to Midnight – Diyar Harraz
- Bits of Heaven – Aishah Madadiy
- Don’t Forget to Remember – Sonia Mael
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Mexico City
Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México
- The Japanese Lover – Isabel Allende, translated by Nick Caistor & Amanda Hopkinson
- Feast of the Innocents – Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean & Anna Milsom
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Amsterdam
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
- You Have Me To Love – Jaap Robben, translated by David Doherty
- These Are The Names – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett
Eindhoven
- Gliding Flight – Anne-Gine Goemans, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
- These Are The Names – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett
Rotterdam
Stichting Bibliotheek Rotterdam
- A Place Called Winter – Patrick Gale
- These Are The Names – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett
The Hague
- Fortunate Slaves – Tom Lanoye, translated by Michele Hutchinson
- You Have Me to Love – Jaap Robben, translated by David Doherty
- These Are The Names – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett
Utrecht
- Craving – Esther Gerritsen, translated by Michele Hutchinson
- Fortunate Slaves – Tom Lanoye, translated by Michele Hutchinson
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Auckland
- Coming Rain – Stephen Daisley
- Chappy – Patricia Grace
- The Antipodeans – Greg McGee
Christchurch
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume
- Chappy – Patricia Grace
- The Chimes – Anna Smaill
Dunedin
- The Japanese Lover – Isabel Allende, translated by Nick Caistor & Amanda Hopkinson
- Did You Ever Have a Family – Bill Clegg
- The Kindness – Polly Samson
Timaru
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- Inside the Black Horse – Ray Berard
- Weathering – Lucy Wood
Wellington
- Coming Rain – Stephen Daisley
- Chappy – Patricia Grace
- The Legend of Winstone Blackhat – Tanya Moir
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Bergen
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- Submission – Michel Houellebecq, translated by Lorin Stein
- The Illuminations – Andrew O’Hagan
Oslo
- The Blue Guitar – John Banville
- The Helios Disaster – Linda Boström Knausgård, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
- When the Doves Disappeared – Sofi Oksanen, translated by Lola Rogers
Stavanger
Sølvberget, Stavanger kulturhus Bibliotek, Norway
- The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On – Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, translated byDiane Oatley
- Out In The Open – Jesús Carrasco, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
- Against Nature – Tomas Espedal, translated by James Anderson
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Łódź
Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi
- The Mirror World of Melody Black – Gavin Extence
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
- The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma
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Oeiras
Biblioteca Municipal de Oeiras
- A General Theory of Oblivion – José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn
- Confession of the Lioness – Mia Couto, translated by David Brookshaw
- The English Spy – Daniel Silva
Porto
Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto
- A General Theory of Oblivion – José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn
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Moscow
Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
- A Strangeness in my Mind – Orhan Pamuk, translated by Ekin Oklap
- The Year of the Runaways – Sunjeev Sahota
- The Chimes – Anna Smaill
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Edinburgh
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- The Green Road – Anne Enright
- The Year of the Runaways – Sunjeev Sahota
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Belgrade
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Ljubljana
- Dry Season – Gabriela Babnik, translated by Rawley Grau
- Yugoslavia, My Fatherland – Goran Vojnovic, translated by Noah Charney
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Barcelona
Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia, Biblioteques de Barcelona
- A God in Ruins – Kate Atkinson
- Purity – Jonathan Franzen
- The Illogic of Kassel – Enrique Vila-Matas, translated by Anne McLean & Anna Milsom
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Stockholm
- The Bollywood Bride – Sonali Dev
- Hausfrau – Jill Alexander Essbaum
- Under the Udala Trees – Chinelo Okparanta
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Bern
- The Making of Zombie Wars – Aleksandar Hemon
Geneva
Bibliothèques Municipales, Genève
- The Meursault Investigation – Kamel Daoud, translated by John Cullen
- Feast of the Innocents – Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean & Anna Milsom
- The Illogic of Kassel – Enrique Vila-Matas, translated by Anne McLean & Anna Milsom
Zurich
Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither – Sara Baume
- The Lost Child – Caryl Phillips
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Chicago
- Delicious Foods – James Hannaham
- The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine, translated by Martin Aitken
- The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen
Cincinnati
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
- Delicious Foods – James Hannaham
- The Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Cleveland
- The Harder They Come – T.C. Boyle
- Where All the Light Tends To Go – David Joy
- Aquarium – David Joy
Colorado Springs
- Fates And Furies – Lauren Groff
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
Columbia
- Luckiest Girl Alive – Jessica Knoll
- Above the Waterfall – Ron Rash
- The Golden Age – Jane Smiley
Concord
- Sweet Caress – William Boyd
- Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
- A Renunion of Ghosts – Judith Claire Mitchell
Denver
- Did You Ever Have a Family – Bill Clegg
- The Little Paris Bookshop – Nina George
- Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
Hartford
- The Sellout – Paul Beatty
- City on Fire – Garth Risk Hallberg
- The Fifth Season – N.K. Jemisin
Houston
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma
Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Public Library
- Delicious Foods – James Hannaham
- Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
- The Book of Aron – Jim Shepard
Los Angeles
- The Automobile Club of Egypt – Alaa al-Aswany, translated by Russell Harris
- The Meursault Investigation – Kamel Daoud, translated by John Cullen
- The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen
Miami
Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Purity – Jonathan Franzen
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
Milwaukee
- The Blue Guitar – John Banville
- The Green Road – Anne Enright
New York
- Fates and Furies – Lauren Groff
- The Story of My Teeth – Valeria Luiselli, translated by Christina Mac Sweeney
- The Gap of Time – Jeanette Winterson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
- The Long and Faraway Gone – Lou Berney
Philadelphia
- Black River – S.M. Hulse
- The Book of Aron – Jim Shepard
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- The Turner House – Angela Flournoy
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Eighty Days of Sunlight – Robert Yune
Portland
- The Mare – Mary Gaitskill
- The Book of Aron – Jim Shepard
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Richmond
City of Richmond Public Library
- The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
San Diego
- Purity – Jonathan Franzen
- The Illuminations – Andrew O’Hagan
- A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Seattle
- The Turner House – Angela Flournoy
- A Renunion of Ghosts – Judith Claire Mitchell
- The Dying Grass – William T. Vollmann
Springfield
- Did You Ever Have a Family – Bill Clegg
- A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler
- My Sunshine Away – M.O. Walsh
Tallahassee
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System
- Uprooted – Naomi Novik
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