Today, 18th April, at London Book Fair and streamed online to readers around the world, the shortlist for the International Book Prize 2023 was revealed by Leïla Slimani, Chair of judges. 

The announcement of this year's shortlist comes as new research compiled by Neilsen shows that the biggest demographic group for translated fiction readers in the UK is 25 to 34 year-olds. This research which was completed for the Booker Prize Foundation shows the biggest demographic for translated fiction is significantly younger than the largest demographic for fiction as a whole, which sits as 60 to 84-year-olds. The research also showed that 48% of translated fiction buyers in the UK are male, compared to 32% of fiction buyers overall.

The International Booker Prize is known for being the world's most significant award for a single work of fiction translated into English and is awarded annually for a novel or short story collection written originally in any language, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. This year's shortlist contains six novels originating from six countries across four continents.

The International Book Prize 2023 Shortlist is:

Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from Catalan by Julia Sanches

Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim

The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, translated from French by Richard Philcox

Standing Heavy by GauZ', translated from French by Frank Wynne

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey

The International Booker Prize exists to emphasise why reading translated fiction matters to us all as well as celebrating the best fiction originally written in languages other than English. 

The winner of the International Booker Prize 2023 will be announced on Tuesday 23rd May at a ceremony at the Sky Garden in London.