The 2021 International Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed!

The prize is awarded every year for a single book that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of quality works of imagination from all over the world, and to give greater recognition to the role of translators.The contribution of both author and translator is given equal recognition, with the £50,000 prize split evenly between them. This year the judges considered 125 books.

Below are the six shortlisted books for the 2021 International Booker Prize.

• At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Mocschovakis

• The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell

• When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West

• The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken

• In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale

• The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard, translated from French by Mark Polizzotti

Please note: additional stock of the shortlisted titles will be coming via our international supply channels and may experience some delays.

The winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize will be announced on 2 June. Find out more about the International Booker Prize here.