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Wondering which of the 13 books on the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist to read first? We asked our judges to summarise each one – and tell us why they loved them 

‘Names that end with ‘son’, spelled with just one ‘s’, they sound American. Easy to pronounce in English. Couldn’t tell you why, but it’s true. A name is important, a marker you should finesse if you can. Ia … is that short for something?’

A man attempts to escape a recent loss while confronting a trauma from a long lost summer, in John Banville’s haunting and evocative novel

If you enjoy novels that seethe with romantic tension, you’ll love this selection of books full of scandalous secrets and passionate affairs

We’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all 13 longlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize

We’re offering you the chance to win one of five bundles made up of all six shortlisted titles in contention for this year’s International Booker Prize

In Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopian classic, nothing happens ‘that hasn’t already happened at some time or another’

Today, May 21, Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, is announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2024