Libraries 2018

We invite over 400 library systems to participate each year. We are particularly interested in involving libraries from countries not represented at present and would encourage you to join us. Many thanks to the libraries who returned the nomination forms for 2018.

Invitations to nominate for the 2019 award will be sent out in February 2018. The closing date for returned nomination forms will be in early May 2018. 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

• One – Patrick Holland
• The Dry – Jane Harper
• Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift

Brisbane

The State Library of Queensland

• Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms – Anita Heiss
• One – Patrick Holland
• Vigil – Angela Slatter

Canberra

National Library of Australia

• The Dry – Jane Harper
• The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose
• The Last Painting of Sara de Vos – Dominic Smith

Hobart

Linc Tasmania

• The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose
• The Good People – Hannah Kent
• The North Water – Ian McGuire

Melbourne

State Library of Victoria

• Our Tiny, Useless Hearts – Toni Jordan

Perth

State Library of Western Australia

• The Sound – Sarah Drummond

Sydney

State Library of New South Wales

• An Isolated Incident – Emily Maguire
• The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose

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Salzburg

Stadt:Bibliothek Salzburg

• Two Gentlemen on the Beach – Michael Köhlmeier, translated by Ruth Martin

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Bridgetown

National Library Service of Barbados

• The Repenters – Kevin Jared Hosein
• Here Comes the Sun – Nicole Dennis-Benn
• After the Lie – Kerry Fisher

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Bruges

Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge

• The Young Bride – Alessandro Baricco, translated by Ann Goldstein
• War and Turpentine – Stefan Hertmans, translated by David McKay
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Brussels

Muntpunt

• The Terranauts – T.C. Boyle
• War and Turpentine – Stefan Hertmans
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Ghent

Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent

• Heroes of the Frontier – Dave Eggers
• Swing Time – Zadie Smith
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

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Brasilia

Biblioteca Demonstrativa Maria da Conceição Moreira Salles

• Judas – Amos Oz, translated by Nicholas de Lange
• Sergio Y. – Alexandre Vidal Porto, translated by Alex Ladd
• I’ll Sell You a Dog – Juan Pablo Villalobos, translated by Rosalind Harvey

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Calgary

Calgary Public Library

• The Wonder – Emma Donoghue
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien
• The Break – Katherena Vermette

Halifax

Halifax Public Libraries

• By Gaslight – Steven Price
• My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

Montreal

Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec

• The Island of Books – Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• The Party Wall – Catherine Leroux, translated by Lazer Lederhendler

Ottawa

Ottawa Public Library

• The Parcel – Anosh Irani
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien
• The Break – Katharena Vermette

Saint John

Saint John Free Public Library

• This Marlowe – Michelle Butler Hallett
• The Party Wall – Catherine Leroux, translated by Lazer Lederhendler
• The Break – Katherena Vermette

St. John’s

Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries

• Flannery – Lisa Moore
• Today I Learned It Was You – Edward Riche
• Last Half of the Year – Paul Rowe

Sydney

Cape Breton Regional Library

• All Things Cease to Appear – Elizabeth Brundage
• Human Acts by Han Kang
• Barkskins – Annie Proulx

Toronto

Toronto Public Library

• Moonglow – Michael Chabon
• The Nix – Nathan Hill
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

Vancouver

Vancouver Public Library

• Moonglow – Michael Chabon
• The Nix – Nathan Hill
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

Winnipeg

Winnipeg Public Library

• 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl – Mona Awad
• Commonwealth – Ann Patchett
• The Break – Katharena Vermette

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Rijeka

Gradska knjižnica Rijeka

• The Hill –  Ivica Prtenjača, translated by Tomislav Kuzmanović

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Karviná-Mizerov

Regional Library of Karviná

• Britt-Marie Was Here – Fredrik Backman, translated by Henning Koch
• The Attempt – Magdaléna Platzová, translated by Alex Zucker

Prague

Městská knihovna v Praze

• Dear Charlie – N.D. Gomes
• To The Bright Edge of the World – Eowyn Ivey

Třinec

Městská knihovna Třinec

• The Attempt – Magdaléna Platzová, translated by Alex Zucker

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Aarhus

Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker

• One of Us is Sleeping – Josefine Klougart, translated by Martin Aitlen

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Liverpool

Liverpool City Libraries

• The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes
• The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
• Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift

London

Redbridge Libraries

• The Muse – Jessie Burton
• The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
• Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift

Newcastle

Newcastle Libraries

• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

Norwich

Norfolk County Council Library Service

• Schtum – Jem Lester
• Five Rivers Meet on a Wooded Plain – Barney Norris

Nottingham

Nottingham City Libraries

• Days Without End – Sebastian Barry
• Solar Bones – Mike McCormack
• The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry

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Tallinn

Tallinn Central Library

• The Girls – Emma Cline
• My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Tartu

Tartu Public Library

• The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes
• Lilac Girls – Martha Hall Kelly

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Helsinki

Helsinki City Library

• Death in Sunset Grove – Minna Lindgren, translated by Lola Rogers
• The Core of the Sun – Johanna Sinisalo, translated by Lola Rogers

Tampere

Tampere City Library

• The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes
• Freya – Anthony Quinn
• The Lost Time Accidents – John Wray

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Reims

Bibliothèque Municipale de Reims

• Cry, Mother Spain – Lydie Salvayre, translated by Ben Faccini
• Two Gentlemen on the Beach – Michael Köhlmeier, translated by Ruth Martin

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Berlin

Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

• This House is Mine – Dörte Hansen, translated by Anne Stokes
• Two Gentlemen on the Beach – Michael Köhlmeier, translated by Ruth Martin
• The Tobacconist – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins

Bonn

Universitats-und Landesbibliothek Bonn

• Waking Lions – Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, translated by Sondra Silverston

Bremen

Stadtbibliothek Bremen

• This House is Mine – Dörte Hansen, translated by Anne Stokes
• Where Love Begins – Judith Hermann, translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
• Almost Everything Very Fast – Christopher Kloeble, translated by Aaron Kerner

Frankfurt

Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main

• Barkskins – Annie Proulx
• All That Man Is – David Szalay

Heidelberg

Stadtbücherei Heidelberg

• Baba Dunja’s Last Love – Alina Bronsky, translated by Tim Mohr
• Bricks and Mortar – Clemens Meyer, translated by Katy Derbyshire

Leipzig

Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken

• Baba Dunja’s Last Love – Alina Bronsky, translated by Tim Mohr
• Where Love Begins – Judith Hermann, translated by Martot Dembo Bettauer
• Bricks and Mortar – Clemens Meyer, translated by Katy Derbyshire

Mainz

Bibliotheken der Stadt Mainz

• Nutshell – Ian McEwan
• Judas – Amos Oz, translated by Nicholas de Lange
• The Tobacconist – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins

Munich

Münchner Stadtbibliothek

• The Terranauts – T. C. Boyle
• Cry, Mother Spain – Lydie Salvayre, translated by Ben Faccini

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Serres

Central Public Library of Serres

• The Wonder – Emma Donoghue
• The Other Side of Silence – Philip Kerr
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Veria

Veria Central Public Library

• The Other Einstein – Marie Benedict
• Lilac Girls – Martha Hall Kelly
• The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan

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Kecskemét

Katona József Library of Bács-Kiskun County

• This House is Mine – Dörte Hansen, translated by Anne Stokes
• All That Man Is – David Szalay
• Ladivine – Marie Ndiaye, translated by Jordan Stump

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Reykjavík

Borgarbókasafn Reykjavíkur

• Why Did You Lie? – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb
• Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was – Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb
• Fish Have No Feet – Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton

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New Delhi

India International Centre Library

• The Extra-Terrestrial Delivery – Sudipta Das
• Things to Leave Behind – Namita Gokhale

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Cork

Cork City Libraries

• Days Without End – Sebastian Barry
• Moonglow – Michael Chabon
• The Wonder – Emma Donoghue

Dublin

Dublin City Public Libraries

• The Wonder – Emma Donoghue
• The Lesser Bohemians – Eimear McBride
• The Tobacconist – Robert Seethaler, translated by Charlotte Collins

Galway

Galway County Library

• Solar Bones – Mike McCormack
• Days Without End – Sebastian Barry
• Sudden Death – Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer

Limerick

Limerick City and County Library Service

• All We Shall Know – Donal Ryan
• My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien

Waterford

Waterford City and County Libraries

• Lying in Wait – Liz Nugent
• My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout
• A Beautiful Young Wife – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett

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Naples

Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli

• The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes

Rome

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

• The Young Bride – Alessandro Baricco, translated by Ann Goldstein
• Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid – Giuseppe Catozzella, translated by Anne Milano Appel
• Distant Light – Antonio Moresco, translated by Richard Dixon

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Kingston

Jamaica Library Service

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• Dancing in the Rain – Lynn Joseph
• Gone to Drift – Diana McCaulay

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Kuala Lumpur

National Library of Malaysia

• The Red Bicycle – Dave Anthony
• Like the Starlings – Diyar Harraz
• The River is Indigo – Suleiman Manan

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Mexico City

Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México

• Sudden Death – Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer
• The Transmigration of Bodies – Yuri Herrera, translated by Lisa Dillman
• I’ll Sell You a Dog – Juan Pablo Villalobos, translated by Rosalind Harvey

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Amsterdam

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam

Eindhoven

De Bibliotheek Eindhoven

• A Beautiful Young Wife – Tommy Wieringa, translated by Sam Garrett

Rotterdam

Stichting Bibliotheek Rotterdam

• Dear Mr. M – Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett

The Hague

The Libraries of the Hague

• War and Turpentine – Stefan Hertmans, translated by David McKay
• La Superba – Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, translated by Michele Hutchison
• The Latecomer – Dimitri Verhulst, translated by David Colmer

Utrecht

De Bibliotheek Utrecht

• War and Turpentine – Stefan Hertmans, translated by David McKay

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Auckland

Auckland Libraries

• All Day at the Movies – Fiona Kidman
• Billy Bird – Emma Neale

Christchurch

Christchurch City Libraries

• The Wish Child – Catherine Chidgey
• Transit – Rachel Cusk
• Heroes of the Frontier – Dave Eggers

Dunedin

Dunedin Public Libraries

• All Day at the Movies – Fiona Kidman
• Billy Bird – Emma Neale
• Barkskins – Annie Proulx

Timaru

Timaru District Libraries

• The Museum of You – Carys Bray

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Makurdi

Benue State Library Board

• Living Memories – Joseph Wanshe

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Bergen

Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

• The Dark Flood Rises – Margaret Drabble
• I Am No One – Patrick Flannery
• Dirt Road – James Kelman

Stavanger

Sølvberget, Stavanger bibliotek og kulturhus, Norway

• Seven Days in August – Brit Bildøen, translated by Becky Crook
• The Unseen – Roy Jacobsen, translated by Don Bartlett & Don Shaw
• The Bird Tribunal – Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger

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Łódź

Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi

• Mischling – Affinity Konar
• Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue
• The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko – Scott Stambach

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Oeiras

Biblioteca Municipal de Oeiras

• The Shelf Life of Happiness – David Machado, translated by Hillary Locke
• The Black Widow – Daniel Silva

Porto

Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto

• The Shelf Life of Happiness – David Machado, translated by Hillary Locke
• The Black Widow – Daniel Silva

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Moscow

Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature

• The Allegations – Mark Lawson
• Anatomy of a Soldier – Harry Parker
• Multiple Choice – Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell

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Belgrade

Belgrade City Library

• Ma Belle – Maja Herman Sekulić, translated by Persida Bošković
• Estoril – Dejan Tiago Stanković, translated by Christina Pribichevich Zorić

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Ljubljana

Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana

• None Like Her – Jela Krečič, translated by Olivia Hellewell
• Paloma Negra – Miha Mazzini, translated by Maja Visenjak Limon

Maribor

Maribor Public Library

• Panorama – Dušan Šarotar, translated by Rawley Grau

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Cape Town

Cape Town Library & Information Services

• The Yearning – Mohale Mashigo
• Pleasure – Nthikeng Mohele
• The Woman Next Door – Yewande Omotoso

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 Barcelona

Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia, Biblioteques de Barcelona

• This Too Shall Pass – Milena Busquets, translated by Valerie Miles
• Nutshell – Ian McEwan
• My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout

Granada

Biblioteca de Andalucía

• Thus Bad Begins – Javier Marías, translated by Margaret Jull Costa?

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Stockholm

Stockholm Public Library

• The Power – Naomi Alderman
• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

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Bern

Universitätsbibliothek Bern

• The Terranauts – T.C. Boyle
• Mothering Sunday – Graham Swift

Geneva

Bibliothèques Municipales, Genève

• Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue
• Cry, Mother Spain – Lydie Salvayre, translated by Ben Faccini
• Fish Have No Feet – Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton

Zurich

Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland

• The Lesser Bohemians – Eimear McBride
• Nutshell – Ian McEwan
• The Man I Became – Peter Verhelst, translated by David Colmer

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Cheyenne

Laramie County Library System

• News of the World – Paulette Jiles
• Commonwealth – Ann Patchett
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Chicago

Chicago Public Library

• The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan
• The Core of the Sun – Johanna Sinisalo, translated by Lola Rogers
• Miss Jane – Brad Watson

Cincinnati

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Cleveland

Cleveland Public Library

• The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes
• The Regional Office is Under Attack! – Manuel Gonzalez
• A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles

Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak Library District

• Faithful – Alice Hoffman
• Scythe – Neal Schusterman
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Concord

New Hampshire State Library

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Denver

Denver Public Library

• Swing Time – Zadie Smith
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead
• Another Brooklyn – Jacqueline Woodson

Hartford

Hartford Public Library

• The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan
• Swing Time – Zadie Smith

Houston

Houston Public Library

• The Years That Followed – Catherine Dunne
• A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Iowa City

Iowa City Public Library

• The Nix – Nathan Hill
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Jacksonville

The Jacksonville Public Library

• The Mothers – Brit Bennett
• What Belongs to You – Garth Greenwell
• Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Public Library

• Human Acts – Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
• Black Deutschland – Darryl Pinckney
• Reputations – Juan Gabriel Vásquez, translated by Anne McLean

Miami

Miami-Dade Public Library System

• Here I Am – Jonathan Safran Foer
• The North Water – Ian McGuire
• Barkskins – Annie Proulx

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Public Library

• The North Water – Ian McGuire
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

• I Will Send Rain – Rae Meadows

Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia

• The Nix – Nathan Hill
• Version Control – Dexter Palmer
• Miss Jane – Brad Watson

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• Swing Time – Zadie Smith
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Portland

Multnomah County Library

• LaRose – Louise Erdrich
• To the Bright Edge of the World – Eown Ivey
• The Attempt – Magdaléna Platzová, translated by Alex Zucker

Richmond

City of Richmond Public Library

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• The Nix – Nathan Hill
• Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue

San Diego

San Diego Public Library

• A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
• The Gustav Sonata – Rose Tremain

Seattle

The Seattle Public Library

• Enchanted Islands – Allison Amend
• The Mothers – Brit Bennett
• LaRose – Louise Erdrich

Springfield

Lincoln Library

• Commonwealth – Ann Patchett
• Swing Time – Zadie Smith
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead

Stamford

Ferguson Library

• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan
• Behold the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue

Tallahassee

LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System

• Commonwealth – Ann Patchett

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