International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Best Novel Awards
2014
Absolution by Patrick Flanery
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (winner)
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman
Absolution by Patrick Flanery
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (winner)
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman
2013
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Caesarion by Tommy Wieringa
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry (winner)
The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti A Skomsvold
From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
Pure by Andrew Miller
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Caesarion by Tommy Wieringa
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry (winner)
The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti A Skomsvold
From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
Pure by Andrew Miller
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
2012
The Eternal Son by Cristovão Tezza
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor (winner)
Landed by Tim Pears
Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
Limassol by Yishai Sarid and Savyon Leibrecht
The Matter with Morris by David Bergen
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Eternal Son by Cristovão Tezza
Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor (winner)
Landed by Tim Pears
Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
Limassol by Yishai Sarid and Savyon Leibrecht
The Matter with Morris by David Bergen
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2011
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Galore by Michael Crummey
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (winner)
Little Bird Of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
Love and Summer by William Trevor
Ransom by David Malouf
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Galore by Michael Crummey
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (winner)
Little Bird Of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
Love and Summer by William Trevor
Ransom by David Malouf
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
2010
The Believers by Zoë Heller
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
Home by Marilynne Robinson
In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Settlement by Christoph Hein
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (winner)
The Believers by Zoë Heller
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
Home by Marilynne Robinson
In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Settlement by Christoph Hein
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (winner)
2009
Animal's People by Indra Sinha
The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Burnt-out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen
The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas (winner)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and Moshin Hamid
Animal's People by Indra Sinha
The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Burnt-out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen
The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas (winner)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and Moshin Hamid
2008
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage (winner)
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua
The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas
The Sweet and Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneratne
Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
The Woman Who Waited by Andreï Makine
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage (winner)
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua
The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas
The Sweet and Simple Kind by Yasmine Gooneratne
Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
The Woman Who Waited by Andreï Makine
2007
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (winner)
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs
Slow Man by J M Coetzee
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (winner)
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs
Slow Man by J M Coetzee
2006
An Altered Light by Jens Christian Grøndahl
Breaking the Tongue by Vyvyane Loh
The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe
Don't Move by Margaret Mazzantini
Graceland by Chris Abani
Havoc by Ronan Bennett
The Logogryph by Thomas Wharton
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
The Master by Colm Tóibín (winner)
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
An Altered Light by Jens Christian Grøndahl
Breaking the Tongue by Vyvyane Loh
The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe
Don't Move by Margaret Mazzantini
Graceland by Chris Abani
Havoc by Ronan Bennett
The Logogryph by Thomas Wharton
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
The Master by Colm Tóibín (winner)
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
2005
Deafening by Frances Itani
Elle by Douglas Glover
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Known World by Edward P Jones (winner)
Phantom Pain by Arnon Grunberg
Willenbrock by Christoph Hein
Deafening by Frances Itani
Elle by Douglas Glover
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Known World by Edward P Jones (winner)
Phantom Pain by Arnon Grunberg
Willenbrock by Christoph Hein
2004
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun (winner)
The White Family by Maggie Gee
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun (winner)
The White Family by Maggie Gee
2003
The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk (winner)
That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
The Visit of the Royal Physician by Per Olov Enquist
The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk (winner)
That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
The Visit of the Royal Physician by Per Olov Enquist
2002
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq (winner)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
The Last Samurai by Helen De Witt
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Years With Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq (winner)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
The Last Samurai by Helen De Witt
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Years With Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes
2001
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Buddha's Little Finger by Victor Pelevin
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (winner)
Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
Buddha's Little Finger by Victor Pelevin
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (winner)
Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
2000
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
Paradise by Toni Morrison
This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Wide Open by Nicola Barker (winner)
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
Paradise by Toni Morrison
This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Wide Open by Nicola Barker (winner)
1999
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller (winner)
The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
Quarantine by Jim Crace
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Underworld by Don DeLillo
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller (winner)
The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
Quarantine by Jim Crace
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Underworld by Don DeLillo
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
1998
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
The Counting House by David Dabydeen
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Imaginings of Sand by André Brink
The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk
Salt by Earl Lovelace
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
The Counting House by David Dabydeen
The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Imaginings of Sand by André Brink
The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller (winner)
Last Orders by Graham Swift
The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk
Salt by Earl Lovelace
1997
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
A Heart So White by Javier Marías (winner)
Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
Novel Without a Name by Duong Thu Huong
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
A Tiler's Afternoon by Lars Gustafsson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
A Heart So White by Javier Marías (winner)
Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
Novel Without a Name by Duong Thu Huong
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
A Tiler's Afternoon by Lars Gustafsson
1996
Away by Jane Urquhart
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
Ghosts by John Banville
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf (winner)
A Way in the World by V S Naipaul
Away by Jane Urquhart
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
Ghosts by John Banville
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf (winner)
A Way in the World by V S Naipaul
Best Book Awards
2019
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert
Compass by Mathias Énard
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and Moshin Hamid
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (winner)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert
Compass by Mathias Énard
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and Moshin Hamid
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (winner)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
2018
Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
Human Acts by Han Kang
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (winner)
Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
Human Acts by Han Kang
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (winner)
Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
2017
Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa (winner)
The Green Road by Anne Enright
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa (winner)
The Green Road by Anne Enright
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
2016
Academy Street by Mary Costello
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
Family Life by Akhil Sharma (winner)
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Outlaws by Javier Cercas
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
Academy Street by Mary Costello
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
Family Life by Akhil Sharma (winner)
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Outlaws by Javier Cercas
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
2015
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Brief Loves That Live Forever by Andreï Makine
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Harvest by Jim Crace (winner)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Someone by Alice McDermott
Sparta by Roxana Robinson
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Brief Loves That Live Forever by Andreï Makine
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Harvest by Jim Crace (winner)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Someone by Alice McDermott
Sparta by Roxana Robinson
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann