International Booker Prize Shortlist

1.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,403 ratings
2.
A Horse Walks into a Bar
A Horse Walks into a Bar 3.52 avg rating — 15,411 ratings
3.
Flights
Flights 3.75 avg rating — 35,854 ratings
4.
Celestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies 3.41 avg rating — 16,868 ratings
5.
The Discomfort of Evening
The Discomfort of Evening 3.45 avg rating — 36,844 ratings
6.
At Night All Blood is Black
At Night All Blood is Black 3.81 avg rating — 26,962 ratings
7.
Tomb of Sand
Tomb of Sand 3.68 avg rating — 3,745 ratings
8.
Time Shelter
Time Shelter 3.75 avg rating — 25,200 ratings
9.
Kairos
Kairos 3.36 avg rating — 21,783 ratings
10.
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories 3.82 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
11.
A General Theory of Oblivion
A General Theory of Oblivion 3.90 avg rating — 8,379 ratings
12.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,896 ratings
13.
A Strangeness in My Mind
A Strangeness in My Mind 4.15 avg rating — 16,075 ratings
14.
A Whole Life
A Whole Life 3.94 avg rating — 22,387 ratings
15.
The Four Books
The Four Books 3.99 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
16.
Compass
Compass 3.79 avg rating — 2,761 ratings
17.
The Unseen (The Barrøy Chronicles #1)
The Unseen (The Barrøy Chronicles #1) 3.99 avg rating — 10,929 ratings
18.
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal 3.21 avg rating — 2,979 ratings
19.
Judas
Judas
by: Amos Oz
3.86 avg rating — 9,246 ratings
20.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,073 ratings
21.
Vernon Subutex 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1)
Vernon Subutex 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 16,363 ratings
22.
The White Book
The White Book
by: Han Kang
3.81 avg rating — 29,851 ratings
23.
The World Goes On
The World Goes On 3.79 avg rating — 963 ratings
24.
Like a Fading Shadow
Like a Fading Shadow 3.56 avg rating — 711 ratings
25.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad 3.59 avg rating — 18,805 ratings
26.
The Years
The Years 4.17 avg rating — 41,787 ratings
27.
The Pine Islands
The Pine Islands 3.15 avg rating — 2,144 ratings
28.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 137,681 ratings
29.
The Shape of the Ruins
The Shape of the Ruins 3.97 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
30.
The Remainder
The Remainder 3.47 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
31.
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree 3.77 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
32.
The Adventures of China Iron
The Adventures of China Iron 3.82 avg rating — 5,630 ratings
33.
Tyll
Tyll 3.94 avg rating — 14,595 ratings
34.
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season 4.05 avg rating — 43,021 ratings
35.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating — 124,221 ratings
36.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 3.80 avg rating — 56,799 ratings
37.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating — 56,515 ratings
38.
The Employees
The Employees
by: Olga Ravn
3.65 avg rating — 24,737 ratings
39.
In Memory of Memory
In Memory of Memory 3.84 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
40.
The War of the Poor
The War of the Poor 3.38 avg rating — 2,975 ratings
41.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating — 37,415 ratings
42.
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
by: Jon Fosse
4.48 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
43.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating — 80,567 ratings
44.
Elena Knows
Elena Knows 4.06 avg rating — 25,604 ratings
45.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating — 9,804 ratings
46.
Still Born
Still Born 4.13 avg rating — 23,481 ratings
47.
Standing Heavy
Standing Heavy
by: Gauz
3.59 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
48.
The Gospel According to the New World
The Gospel According to the New World 2.97 avg rating — 918 ratings
49.
Whale
Whale 3.94 avg rating — 4,110 ratings
50.
Boulder
Boulder 3.91 avg rating — 14,139 ratings
51.
Not a River
Not a River 3.91 avg rating — 6,201 ratings
52.
The Details
The Details 3.88 avg rating — 22,333 ratings
53.
Mater 2-10
Mater 2-10 3.69 avg rating — 665 ratings
54.
What I'd Rather Not Think About
What I'd Rather Not Think About 3.75 avg rating — 5,351 ratings
55.
Crooked Plow
Crooked Plow 4.45 avg rating — 28,334 ratings
56.
A Leopard-Skin Hat
A Leopard-Skin Hat 3.50 avg rating — 2,113 ratings
57.
Perfection
Perfection 3.69 avg rating — 12,925 ratings
58.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Under the Eye of the Big Bird 3.77 avg rating — 3,673 ratings
59.
Small Boat
Small Boat 4.07 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
60.
On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume I 3.72 avg rating — 15,183 ratings