International Booker Prize 2026: Eligible Books

1.
The Director
The Director 4.22 avg rating — 3,378 ratings
2.
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Good and Evil and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 3,066 ratings
3.
On Earth As It Is Beneath
On Earth As It Is Beneath 3.96 avg rating — 778 ratings
4.
The Deserters
The Deserters 3.50 avg rating — 347 ratings
5.
Cooking in the Wrong Century
Cooking in the Wrong Century 3.33 avg rating — 1,153 ratings
5.
On the Calculation of Volume, Book III
On the Calculation of Volume, Book III 4.04 avg rating — 2,022 ratings
7.
We Are Green and Trembling
We Are Green and Trembling 3.83 avg rating — 766 ratings
8.
That's All I Know
That's All I Know 4.25 avg rating — 3,328 ratings
9.
Sakina’s Kiss
Sakina’s Kiss 3.76 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
10.
Autocorrect
Autocorrect 3.91 avg rating — 250 ratings
11.
Red Sword
Red Sword 3.34 avg rating — 102 ratings
12.
Death and the Gardener
Death and the Gardener 4.67 avg rating — 2,940 ratings
13.
Old Kiln
Old Kiln 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
14.
Hunger
Hunger 3.66 avg rating — 493 ratings
15.
Vaim
Vaim
by: Jon Fosse
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
15.
Restauración (OriginalES)
Restauración (OriginalES) 3.87 avg rating — 563 ratings
17.
The Hole
The Hole 3.35 avg rating — 8,959 ratings
18.
The World We Saw Burning
The World We Saw Burning 4.06 avg rating — 287 ratings
19.
The Remembered Soldier
The Remembered Soldier 4.11 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
20.
Chilco
Chilco 3.96 avg rating — 566 ratings
20.
People with No Charisma
People with No Charisma 3.45 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
20.
The Place of Shells
The Place of Shells 3.76 avg rating — 191 ratings
23.
Four by Four
Four by Four
by: Sara Mesa
3.48 avg rating — 1,671 ratings
24.
Blowfish
Blowfish 3.05 avg rating — 82 ratings
25.
Soyangri Book Kitchen
Soyangri Book Kitchen 3.75 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
26.
The Little I Knew
The Little I Knew 3.65 avg rating — 3,457 ratings
27.
My Sister's Red Shirt
My Sister's Red Shirt
by: Tie Ning
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
28.
So People Know It's Me
So People Know It's Me 3.90 avg rating — 243 ratings
28.
The Man Who Died Seven Times
The Man Who Died Seven Times 3.80 avg rating — 266 ratings
30.
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness 3.84 avg rating — 11,688 ratings
31.
The School of Night
The School of Night it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
32.
Strange Houses
Strange Houses
by: Uketsu
3.80 avg rating — 12,666 ratings
33.
The Midnight Shift
The Midnight Shift 3.56 avg rating — 131 ratings
33.
Off-White
Off-White 3.57 avg rating — 203 ratings
35.
Roadkill
Roadkill
by: Amil
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
36.
Failed Summer Vacation
Failed Summer Vacation 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings
37.
Discontent: An audacious, darkly funny, perfect summer read
Discontent: An audacious, darkly funny, perfect summer read 3.99 avg rating — 18,969 ratings
38.
The Devil Book
The Devil Book 3.78 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
39.
False War
False War 3.42 avg rating — 50 ratings
40.
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran 4.11 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
41.
Blood Book
Blood Book 3.86 avg rating — 6,386 ratings
42.
Our Precious Wars
Our Precious Wars 3.71 avg rating — 201 ratings
43.
To the Moon
To the Moon 3.60 avg rating — 302 ratings
44.
The Wax Child
The Wax Child
by: Olga Ravn
3.61 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
45.
The Midnight Timetable
The Midnight Timetable 3.86 avg rating — 297 ratings
45.
Girl, 1983
Girl, 1983 3.67 avg rating — 4,188 ratings
47.
Alien Gods (Lovecraft Reanimated #1)
Alien Gods (Lovecraft Reanimated #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
48.
Murder in the House of Omari
Murder in the House of Omari 3.31 avg rating — 70 ratings
48.
The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen
The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
48.
Sympathy Tower Tokyo
Sympathy Tower Tokyo
by: Rie Qudan
3.30 avg rating — 415 ratings
48.
Come Down to a Lower Place (Lovecraft Reanimated Book 2)
Come Down to a Lower Place (Lovecraft Reanimated Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
52.
Now I Surrender
Now I Surrender 4.27 avg rating — 398 ratings
53.
Carnaval Fever
Carnaval Fever 4.20 avg rating — 471 ratings
53.
All That Dies in April
All That Dies in April 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
53.
Chinatown
Chinatown 3.83 avg rating — 82 ratings
56.
Capitalists Must Starve : A Novel
Capitalists Must Starve : A Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
56.
Checking Out
Checking Out 4.08 avg rating — 5,566 ratings
56.
When the Museum is Closed
When the Museum is Closed
by: Emi Yagi
3.29 avg rating — 409 ratings
59.
Archipelago of the Sun
Archipelago of the Sun really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
60.
On the Calculation of Volume, Book IV
On the Calculation of Volume, Book IV 3.96 avg rating — 1,268 ratings
60.
Broccoli Punch
Broccoli Punch
by: Lee Yuri
3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings
62.
The Dilemmas of Working Women
The Dilemmas of Working Women 3.72 avg rating — 161 ratings
63.
The Second Chance Convenience Store
The Second Chance Convenience Store 3.92 avg rating — 10,925 ratings
63.
Make Me Famous
Make Me Famous 3.79 avg rating — 2,556 ratings
65.
The Ferryman and His Wife
The Ferryman and His Wife 4.46 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
66.
Struck
Struck 3.57 avg rating — 194 ratings
66.
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
66.
Waist Deep
Waist Deep 3.85 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
69.
The Rarest Fruit
The Rarest Fruit 3.58 avg rating — 127 ratings
69.
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang
by: Lee Onhwa
3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
71.
Mistress Koharu
Mistress Koharu 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
72.
An Infinite Sadness
An Infinite Sadness 3.89 avg rating — 632 ratings
73.
Opt Out
Opt Out 3.22 avg rating — 186 ratings
74.
Just a Little Dinner
Just a Little Dinner 3.60 avg rating — 475 ratings
75.
When the Cranes Fly South
When the Cranes Fly South 4.26 avg rating — 7,865 ratings
75.
Lowest Common Denominator
Lowest Common Denominator 3.92 avg rating — 828 ratings
77.
Gabriele
Gabriele 3.94 avg rating — 872 ratings
78.
Garden
Garden 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
79.
Sea Now
Sea Now 3.45 avg rating — 513 ratings
80.
A Time of Loss
A Time of Loss 3.81 avg rating — 793 ratings
81.
Bloody Awful in Different Ways
Bloody Awful in Different Ways 4.04 avg rating — 17,426 ratings
82.
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
83.
Eye of the Monkey: A Novel
Eye of the Monkey: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
84.
Watching Over Her
Watching Over Her 4.30 avg rating — 9,081 ratings
85.
Misophonia
Misophonia 4.27 avg rating — 2,160 ratings
86.
Repetition
Repetition 4.08 avg rating — 2,649 ratings