Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.

Thirteen titles from around the world, including Japan, Romania and India, have made the longlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize. The annual award celebrates the best works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English and published in the U.

From tales of Palestinian disappearances to the first translation of a Dutch queer classic, the International Booker Prize longlist is once again a smorgasbord of fascinating fiction from around the world.