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As a Booker Prize winner with multiple shortlistings, Ian McEwan stands among the most celebrated authors in modern literary history. With a career spanning over 50 years in print, we select some of his best works

We asked the authors and translators nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize about the inspirations behind their longlisted works, how they worked together – and their favourite books

We want as many people as possible to enjoy a taste of the 13 longlisted books, so we’ve got 50 books to share with creators who love to read and talk about books online

With A Leopard-Skin Hat shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translator about Gide, Nabokov, and their favourite childhood reads

With Reservoir Bitches longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translators about Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and their favourite Spanish-language authors

With There’s a Monster Behind the Door longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translators about Cyrano de Bergerac, rap music and the books that changed their worldview

We spoke to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, winners of the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, about the inspirations behind the book, and why translation is an instinctive practice

With Small Boat shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translator about suspending moral judgement, and the books that inspired their careers 

With Hunchback longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translator about the childhood books that inspired them, and how translated fiction can deliver something fresh

With Solenoid longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025, we spoke to its author and translator about how the book ‘wrote itself’, and the authors that have inspired them