Petra van Cronenburg<p>"Six <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> shortlisted for the first time, including three with their debut English-language publications.<br>A majority of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>: nine of the 12 nominees.<br>Titles translated from five original languages.<br>Concise but powerful <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a>, with just one shortlisted book over 200 pages. <br>A full house for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/independentPublishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independentPublishers</span></a>, which is a first for the prize."<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shortlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shortlist</span></a> is published <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebookerprizes.com/the-booker</span><span class="invisible">-library/prize-years/international/2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookerPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerPrize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InternationalBookerPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalBookerPrize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>