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The International Dublin Literary Award

One of the world's largest international literary prizes for fiction, given annually to the author of the finest novel published in the English language.

Award Criteria

For the finest novel in the English language, without restriction of nationality, citizenship or subject matter.

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2025 Winner

WINNER
Michael Crummey

The Adversary

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Shortlist (5)

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Percival Everett James
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Daniel Mason North Woods
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3
Selva Almada Not a River
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4
Paul Lynch Prophet Song
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5
Gerda Blees We Are Light
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2024 Winner

WINNER
Mircea Cartarescu

Solenoid

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Sebastian Barry Old God's Time
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2
Emma Donoghue Haven
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3
Jonathan Escoffery If I Survive You
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4
Suzette Mayr The Sleeping Car Porter
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5
Alexis Wright Praiseworthy
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2023 Winner

WINNER
Katja Oskamp

Marzahn, Mon Amour

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Shortlist (4)

1
Anthony Doerr Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Percival Everett The Trees
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Fernanda Melchor Paradais
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Kim Thuy Em
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2022 Winner

WINNER
Alice Zeniter

The Art of Losing

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Catherine Chidgey Remote Sympathy
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2
David Diop At Night All Blood Is Black
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3
Akwaeke Emezi The Death of Vivek Oji
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4
Danielle McLaughlin The Art of Falling
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2021 Winner

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Valeria Luiselli

Lost Children Archive

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Shortlist (5)

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Bernardine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other
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2
Colum McCann Apeirogon
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3
Fernanda Melchor Hurricane Season
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4
Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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5
Colson Whitehead The Nickel Boys
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2020 Winner

WINNER
Anna Burns

Milkman

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Shortlist (6)

1
Pat Barker The Silence of the Girls
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2
Esi Edugyan Washington Black
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3
Tayari Jones An American Marriage
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4
Sigrid Nunez The Friend
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5
Tommy Orange There There
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6
Olga Tokarczuk Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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2019 Winner

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Emily Ruskovich

Idaho

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Mathias Enard Compass
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Emily Fridlund History of Wolves
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3
Mohsin Hamid Exit West
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4
Jon McGregor Reservoir 13
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Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends
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6
Kamila Shamsie Home Fire
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2018 Winner

WINNER
Mike McCormack

Solar Bones

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Shortlist (6)

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Yuri Herrera The Transmigration of Bodies
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2
Roy Jacobsen The Unseen
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3
Han Kang Human Acts
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4
Eimear McBride The Lesser Bohemians
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5
Yewande Omotoso The Woman Next Door
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6
Elizabeth Strout My Name Is Lucy Barton
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2017 Winner

WINNER
Jose Eduardo Agualusa

A General Theory of Oblivion

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Shortlist (6)

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Anne Enright The Green Road
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Valeria Luiselli The Story of My Teeth
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3
Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer
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Chinelo Okparanta Under the Udala Trees
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5
Orhan Pamuk A Strangeness in My Mind
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6
Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life
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2016 Winner

WINNER
Akhil Sharma

Family Life

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Shortlist (6)

1
Javier Cercas Outlaws
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2
Mary Costello Academy Street
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3
Jenny Erpenbeck The End of Days
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4
Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings
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5
Jenny Offill Dept. of Speculation
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6
Marilynne Robinson Lila
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