135 books, with a record number of submissions received.
2022 Highlights
The 13 longlisted works are translated from 11 languages and originate from 12 countries across four continents – including Hindi for the first time. Longlist is dominated by independent presses with a mission for bringing the world’s fiction to English-speaking readers
The list includes previous winners Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft, David Grossman and Jessica Cohen, alongside authors translated into English for the first time. Tilted Axis, the publisher founded by Man Booker International Prize winner Deborah Smith, appears on the list for the first time with three titles
- After the Sun, written by Jonas Eika, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg from Danish; published by Lolli Editions
- Cursed Bunny, written by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur from Korean; published by Honford Star
- A New Name Septology VI-VII, written by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls from Norwegian; published by Fizcarraldo
- More Than I Love My Life, written by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen from Hebrew; published by Vintage, Johnathan Cape
- The Book of Mother, written by Violaine Huisman, translated by Leslie Camhi from French; published by Virago
- Heaven, written by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd from Japanese; published by Pan Macmillan, Picador
- Paradais, written by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes from Spanish; published by Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Love in the Big City, written by Sang Young Park, translated by Anton Hur from Korean; published by Tilted Axis Press
- Happy Stories, Mostly, written by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao from Indonesian; published by Tilted Axis Press
- Elena Knows, written by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle from Spanish; published by Charco Press
- Phenotypes, written by Paulo Scott, translated by Daniel Hahn from Portuguese; published by And Other Stories
- Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell from Hindi; published by Tilted Axis Press
- The Books of Jacob, written by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft from Polish; published by Fitzcarraldo Editions
