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Two Decades of Award-Winning Books

Follow every recorded award year and scan the standout winners. This condensed view surfaces each season's highlights across all regions.

202612 winners (showing 3)
Zombie Kaishufu
ASIAJapan

Zombie Kaishufu

by Chito Kosagawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
USUnited States

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Hugo

Taiwan Travelogue
UKUnited Kingdom

Taiwan Travelogue

by Yang Shuang-zi

Int. Booker

202525 winners (showing 3)
Toki no Ie
ASIAJapan

Toki no Ie

by Makoto Toriyama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner
UKUnited Kingdom

How to End a Story: Collected Diaries

by Helen Garner

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Flesh by David Szalay
UKUnited Kingdom

Flesh

by David Szalay

Booker

202423 winners (showing 3)
Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi
ASIAJapan

Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi

by Aki Asahina

Akutagawa Prize

Dtopia
ASIAJapan

Dtopia

by Jose Ando

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
UKUnited Kingdom

Question 7

by Richard Flanagan

Baillie Gifford

202326 winners (showing 3)
Hunchback
ASIAJapan

Hunchback

by Saou Ichikawa

Akutagawa Prize

Sympathy Tokyo Tower
ASIAJapan

Sympathy Tokyo Tower

by Rie Kudan

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
UKUnited Kingdom

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

by John Vaillant

Baillie Gifford

202225 winners (showing 3)
May You Have Delicious Meals
ASIAJapan

May You Have Delicious Meals

by Junko Takase

Akutagawa Prize

Kono Yo no Yorokobi yo
ASIAJapan

Kono Yo no Yorokobi yo

by Iko Idogawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
UKUnited Kingdom

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

by Katherine Rundell

Baillie Gifford

202125 winners (showing 3)
Higanbana ga saku shima
ASIAJapan

Higanbana ga saku shima

by Li Kotomi

Akutagawa Prize

Black Box
ASIAJapan

Black Box

by Bunji Sunakawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
UKUnited Kingdom

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe

Baillie Gifford

202025 winners (showing 3)
Hakyoku
ASIAJapan

Hakyoku

by Haruka Tono

Akutagawa Prize

Idol, Burning
ASIAJapan

Idol, Burning

by Rin Usami

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
UKUnited Kingdom

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

by Craig Brown

Baillie Gifford

201925 winners (showing 3)
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
ASIAJapan

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

by Natsuko Imamura

Akutagawa Prize

Seitaka Awadachisō
ASIAJapan

Seitaka Awadachisō

by Makoto Furukawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
UKUnited Kingdom

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

by Hallie Rubenhold

Baillie Gifford

201822 winners (showing 3)
Okuribi
ASIAJapan

Okuribi

by Hiroki Takahashi

Akutagawa Prize

1R 1-Pun 34-Byō
ASIAJapan

1R 1-Pun 34-Byō

by Ryōhei Machiya

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
UKUnited Kingdom

Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy

by Serhii Plokhy

Baillie Gifford

201724 winners (showing 3)
Eiri
ASIAJapan

Eiri

by Shinsuke Numata

Akutagawa Prize

Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo
ASIAJapan

Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo

by Chisako Wakatake

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
201624 winners (showing 3)
Convenience Store Woman
ASIAJapan

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata

Akutagawa Prize

Shinsekai
ASIAJapan

Shinsekai

by Sumito Yamashita

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity by Philippe Sands
UKUnited Kingdom

East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

by Philippe Sands

Baillie Gifford

201523 winners (showing 3)
Sukurappu Ando Birudo
ASIAJapan

Sukurappu Ando Birudo

by Keisuke Hada

Akutagawa Prize

Shinde Inai Mono
ASIAJapan

Shinde Inai Mono

by Yūshō Takiguchi

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
201423 winners (showing 3)
Spring Garden
ASIAJapan

Spring Garden

by Tomoka Shibasaki

Akutagawa Prize

Kyūnenmae no Inori
ASIAJapan

Kyūnenmae no Inori

by Masatsugu Ono

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
UKUnited Kingdom

H Is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald

Baillie Gifford

201323 winners (showing 3)
Nails and Eyes
ASIAJapan

Nails and Eyes

by Kaori Fujino

Akutagawa Prize

The Hole
ASIAJapan

The Hole

by Hiroko Oyamada

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
UKUnited Kingdom

The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Baillie Gifford

201222 winners (showing 3)
Touring the Land of the Dead
ASIAJapan

Touring the Land of the Dead

by Maki Kashimada

Akutagawa Prize

ab Sango
ASIAJapan

ab Sango

by Natsuko Kuroda

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
201122 winners (showing 3)
Harlequin's Butterfly
ASIAJapan

Harlequin's Butterfly

by Toh EnJoe

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–1962 by Frank Dikötter
Cover of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
UKUnited Kingdom

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

Booker

201023 winners (showing 3)
Otome no Mikkoku
ASIAJapan

Otome no Mikkoku

by Akiko Akazome

Akutagawa Prize

Kikotowa
ASIAJapan

Kikotowa

by Mariko Asabuki

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
UKUnited Kingdom

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

Baillie Gifford

200919 winners (showing 3)
Tsui no Sumika
ASIAJapan

Tsui no Sumika

by Ken'ichirō Isozaki

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare
UKUnited Kingdom

Leviathan or, The Whale

by Philip Hoare

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
UKUnited Kingdom

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel

Booker

200820 winners (showing 3)
Toki ga Nijimu Asa
ASIAJapan

Toki ga Nijimu Asa

by Yang Yi

Akutagawa Prize

Potosu Raimu no Fune
ASIAJapan

Potosu Raimu no Fune

by Kikuko Tsumura

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
UKUnited Kingdom

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House

by Kate Summerscale

Baillie Gifford

200720 winners (showing 3)
Asatte no Hito
ASIAJapan

Asatte no Hito

by Tetsushi Suwa

Akutagawa Prize

Chichi to Ran
ASIAJapan

Chichi to Ran

by Mieko Kawakami

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
UKUnited Kingdom

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Baillie Gifford

200620 winners (showing 3)
Hachigatsu no Rojō ni Suteru
ASIAJapan

Hachigatsu no Rojō ni Suteru

by Takami Itō

Akutagawa Prize

A Perfect Day to Be Alone
ASIAJapan

A Perfect Day to Be Alone

by Nanae Aoyama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James S. Shapiro
UKUnited Kingdom

1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

by James S. Shapiro

Baillie Gifford

200520 winners (showing 3)
The Boy in the Earth
ASIAJapan

The Boy in the Earth

by Fuminori Nakamura

Akutagawa Prize

Waiting in the Offing
ASIAJapan

Waiting in the Offing

by Akiko Itoyama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson by Jonathan Coe
UKUnited Kingdom

Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson

by Jonathan Coe

Baillie Gifford