We invite over 400 library systems to participate each year. Many thanks to the libraries who returned the nomination forms for 2019.
Invitations to nominate for the 2020 award will be sent out in February 2019. The closing date for returned nomination forms will be in early May 2019. We are particularly interested in involving libraries from countries not represented at present and would encourage you to join us. 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
- A Long Way From Home – Peter Carey
- Her – Garry Disher
- Incredible Floridas – Stephen Orr
Brisbane
The State Library of Queensland
- Terra Nullius – Claire Coleman
- Taboo – Kim Scott
- The Fish Girl – Mirandi Riwoe
Canberra
- The Choke – Sophie Laguna
- See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt
- Taboo – Kim Scott
Hobart
- First Person – Richard Flanagan
- The Choke – Sophie Laguna
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
Melbourne
- The Choke – Sophie Laguna
- See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt
- And Fire Came Down – Emma Viskic
Perth
State Library of Western Australia
- Marlborough Man – Alan Carter
- Taboo – Kim Scott
- Clear to the Horizon – Dave Warner
Sydney
State Library of New South Wales
- The Life to Come – Michelle de Kretser
- The Choke – Sophie Laguna
- Taboo – Kim Scott
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Vienna
- You Should Have Left – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
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Bridgetown
National Library Service of Barbados
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Bruges
- The Sixteen Trees of the Somme – Lars Mytting, translated by Paul Russell Garrett
- Idaho – Emily Ruskovich
- Monte Carlo – Peter Terrin, translated by David Doherty
Brussels
- A Line Made by Walking – Sara Baume
- Exit West – Mohsin Hamid
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
Ghent
Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek Gent
- Mrs Osmond – John Banville
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Anything is Possible – Elizabeth Strout
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Banja Luka
Narodna I univerzitetska biblioteka Republike Srpske
- The Image Interpreter – Zoran Živković, translated by Randall A. Major
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Brasilia
Biblioteca Demonstrativa Maria da Conceição Moreira Salles
- The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao – Martha Batalha, translated by Eric M. B. Becker
- A Poison Apple – Michel Laub, translated by Daniel Hahn
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Calgary
- American War – Omar El Akkad
- Son of a Trickster – Eden Robinson
Halifax
Ottawa
- Brother – David Chariandy
- American War – Omar El Akkad
- Son of a Trickster – Michelle Winters
Saint John
Saint John Free Public Library
- Dragon Springs Road – Janie Chang
- Brother – David Chariandy
- Uncertain Weights and Measures – Jocelyn Parr
St. John’s
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
- The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes – Bridget Canning
- The Last Beothuk – Gary Collins
- First Snow, Last Light – Wayne Johnston
Sydney
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
- Lost in September – Kathleen Winter
Toronto
- Brother – David Chariandy
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
- The Ninth Hour – Alice McDermott
Vancouver
- Brother – David Chariandy
- Next Year, For Sure – Zoey Leigh Peterson
- Son of a Trickster – Eden Robinson
Winnipeg
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
- The Resurrection of Joan Ashby – Cherise Wolas
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Rijeka
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
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Karviná-Mizerov
- Beartown – Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
- The Wide Circumference of Love – Marita Golden
Prague
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Třinec
- Spaceman of Bohemia – Jaroslav Kalfař
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Aarhus
- Of Darkness – Josefine Klougart, translated by Martin Aitlen
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Liverpool
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
- Conversations With Friends – Sally Rooney
London
- The End of Eddy – Edouard Louis, translated by Michael Lucey
- Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
- Tin Man – Sarah Winman
Newcastle
- Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
Norwich
Norfolk County Council Library Service
- Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
- Beartown – Frederik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
Nottingham
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
- See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt
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Tallinn
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
- The Death of the Perfect Sentence – Rein Raud, translated by Matthew Hyde
- The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
Tartu
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
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Espoo
- My Cat Yugoslavia – Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston
- Naondel – Maria Turtschaninoff, translated by A.A. Prime
- They Know Not What They Do – Jussi Valtonen, translated by Kristian London
Helsinki
- Escape from Sunset Grove – Minna Lindgren, translated by Kristian London
Tampere
- The Music Shop – Rachel Joyce
- The Forensic Records Society – Magnus Mills
- The Bedlam Stacks – Natasha Pulley
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France
Paris
Bibliothèque publique d’information
- Special Envoy – Jean Echenoz, translated by Sam Taylor
- Compass – Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell
- Radiant Terminus – Antoine Volodine, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Reims
Bibliothèque Municipale de Reims
- My Absolute Darling – Gabriel Tallent
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Berlin
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
- To Die in Spring – Ralf Rothmann, translated by Shaun Whiteside
- To the Back of Beyond – Peter Stamn, translated by Michael Hofmann
Bonn
Universitats-und Landesbibliothek Bonn
- Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
Bremen
- You Should Have Left – Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
- Kruso – Lutz Seiler, translated by Tess Lewis
Dusseldorf
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Exit West – Mohsin Hamid
- Kruso – Lutz Seiler, translated by Tess Lewis
Frankfurt
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main
- Smile – Roddy Doyle
- English Animals – Laura Kaye
- A Book of American Martyrs – Joyce Carol Oates
Heidelberg
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Kruso – Lutz Seiler, translated by Tess Lewis
- To the Back of Beyond – Peter Stamn, translated by Michael Hofmann
Leipzig
Leipziger Städtische Bibliotheken
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
- Kruso – Lutz Seiler, translated by Tess Lewis
Mainz
- The Golden House – Salman Rushdie
- Kruso – Lutz Seiler, translated by Tess Davis
Munich
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Elmet – Fiona Moslay
- Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
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Serres
Central Public Library of Serres
Veria
- What We Lose – Zinzi Clemmons
- How to Stop Time – Matt Haig
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
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Kecskemét
Katona József Library of Bács-Kiskun County
- The Trick – Emanuel Bergmann
- Compass – Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell
- The History of Bees – Maja Lunde, translated by Diane Oatley
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Reykjavík
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
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New Delhi
India International Centre Library
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
- Temporary People – Deepak Unnikrishnan
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Cork
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- First Person – Richard Flanagan
- The Dead House – Billy O’Callaghan
Dublin
- Ithaca – Alan McMonagle
- Mirror, Shoulder, Signal – Dorthe Nors, translated by Misha Hoekstra
- Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney
Galway
- Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
- The Blood Miracles – Lisa McInerney
- Ithaca – Alan McMonagle
Limerick
Limerick City and County Library Service
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
- Tin Man – Sarah Winman
Waterford
Waterford City and County Libraries
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Acts of Allegiance – Peter Cunningham
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Naples
Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli
- 4321 – Paul Auster
Rome
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
- Ferocity – Nicola Lagioia, translated by Antony Shugaar
- The Temptation to be Happy – Lorenzo Marone, translated by Shaun Whiteside
- Adua – Igiaba Scego , translated by Jamie Richards
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Kingston
- Dreams Beyond the Shore – Tamika Gibson
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
- Girlcott – Florenz Webb Maxwell
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Kuala Lumpur
- The Road to Shenzhen – Huang Guosheng
- Mama’s Maze – Agnes Ong
- Breathe – Beni Rusani
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Mexico City
Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas, El Colegio de México
- The Invented Part – Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden
- Return to the Dark Valley – Santiago Gamboa, translated by Howard Curtis
- Heretics – Leonardo Padura, translated by Anna Kushner
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Amsterdam
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
- The Consequences – Niña Weijers, translated by Hester Velmans
Eindhoven
- Tench – Inge Schilperoord, translated by David Colmer
- Monte Carlo – Peter Terrin, translated by David Doherty
- The Consequences – Niña Weijers, translated by Hester Velmans
Rotterdam
Stichting Bibliotheek Rotterdam
- This Is How It Always Is – Laurie Frankel
- Elmet – Fiona Mosley
The Hague
- Tench – Inge Schilperoord, translated by David Colmer
- Monte Carlo – Peter Terrin, translated by David Doherty
- The Consequences – Niña Weijers, translated by Hester Velmans
Utrecht
- Tench – Inge Schilperoord, translated by David Colmer
- Monte Carlo – Peter Terrin, translated by David Doherty
- The Consequences – Niña Weijers, translated by Hester Velmans
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Auckland
- The New Animals – Pip Adam
- Sleeps Standing Moetu – Witi Ihimaera
- The Necessary Angel – C.K. Stead
Christchurch
- First Person – Richard Flanagan
- Here in Berlin – Cristina Garcia
- Baby – Annaleese Jochems
Dunedin
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
- Through the Lonesome Dark – Paddy Richardson
Timaru
- Decline and Fall on Savage Street – Fiona Farrell
Wellington
- The New Animals – Pip Adam
- Sleeps Standing Moetu – Witi Ihimaera with Hemi Kelly
- The Necessary Angel – C.K. Stead
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Makurdi
- The Woman in the Castle – Jessica Shattuck
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Bergen
- Pachinko – Jin Min Lee
- Reservoir 13 – Jon McGregor
- A Boy in Winter – Rachel Seiffert
Oslo
- A House in Norway – Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund
- The Sparsholt Affair – Alan Hollingshurst
- Mirror, Shoulder, Signal – Dorthe Nors, translated by Misha Hoekstra
Stavanger
Sølvberget, Stavanger bibliotek og kulturhus
- A House in Norway – Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund
- A History of Bees – Maja Lunde, , translated by Diane Oatley
- Tench – Inge Schilperoord, translated by David Colmer
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Łódź
Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Łodzi
- Pachinko – Jin Min Lee
- The Barrowfields – Phillip Lewis
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
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Porto
Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto
- House of Spies – Daniel Silva
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Moscow
Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
- A Line Made by Walking – Sara Baume
- The 7th Function of Language – Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
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Belgrade
- The Image Interpreter – Zoran Živković, translated by Randall A. Major
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Ljubljana
- The Harvest of Chronos – Mojca Kumerdej, translated by Rawley Grau
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Cape Town
Cape Town Library & Information Services
- Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
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Seoul
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
- The Impossible Fairytale – Han Yujoo, translated by Janet Hong
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Barcelona
Biblioteca Vila de Gràcia, Biblioteques de Barcelona
- 4321 – Paul Auster
- Exit West – Mohsin Hamid
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Granada
- A Vineyard in Andalusia – María Dueñas, translated by Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia
- Like a Fading Shadow – Antonio Muñoz Molina, translated by Camilo A. Ramirez
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Colombo
- Song of the Sun God – Shankari Chandran
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Stockholm
- All Our Wrong Todays – Elan Mastai
- Gather the Daughters – Jennie Melamed
- Conversations With Friends – Sally Rooney
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Bern
- Midwinter Break – Bernard McLaverty
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. – Neal Stephenson &
Geneva
Bibliothèques Municipales, Genève
- The 7th Function of Language – Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor
- Who Do You Think I Am? – Camille Laurens, translated by Adriana Hunter
- My Absolute Darling – Gabriel Tallent
Zurich
Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland
- A Line Made by Walking – Sara Baume
- History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund
- To the Back of Beyond – Peter Stamn, translated by Michael Hofmann
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Chicago
- Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
- In the Distance – Hernan Diaz
- Fever Dream – Samantha Schweblin
Cincinnati
Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
- No One Is Coming To Save Us – Stephanie Powell Watts
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Colorado Springs
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane – Lisa See
- Borne – Jeff VanderMeer
Columbia
Richland Library
- The Stone Sky – N.K. Jemisin
- Reincarnation Blues – Michael Poore
- Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie
Concord
- Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Denver
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
- The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
Hartford
- There Your Heart Lies – Mary Gordon
- Little Sister – Barbara Gowdy
- No One Can Pronounce My Name – Rakesh Satyal
Houston
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
- White Bodies – Jane Robins
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
Iowa City
- Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
- The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
Kansas City
- The Leavers – Lisa Ko
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
Los Angeles
- Go, Went, Gone – Jenny E, translated by Deborah Smith
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
Miami
Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan
Milwaukee
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
- The Ninth Hour – Alice McDermott
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
- The Bridge Troll Murders – Sheldon Russell
Philadelphia
- 4321 – Paul Auster
- Here in Berlin – Cristina Garcia
- Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
- The Book of Joan – Lidia Yuknavitch
Portland
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
- The Book of Joan – Lidia Yuknavitch
Richmond
City of Richmond Public Library
- Stay With Me – Ayobami Adebayo
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
- Home Fire – Kamila Shamsie
San Diego
- Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan
- Exit West – Moshin Hamid
- Midwinter Break – Bernard MacLaverty
Seattle
- The Changeling
- Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
Stamford
- History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund
- Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
Tallahassee
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System
- When the English Fall – David Williams
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