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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.

202613 winners (showing 3)
Cover of Zombie Kaishufu by Chito Kosagawa
ASIAJapan

Zombie Kaishufu

by Chito Kosagawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
USUnited States

The Everlasting

by Alix E. Harrow

Hugo

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi
UKUnited Kingdom

Taiwan Travelogue

by Yang Shuang-zi

Int. Booker

202525 winners (showing 3)
Cover of Toki no Ie by Makoto Toriyama
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

202422 winners (showing 3)
Cover of Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi by Aki Asahina
ASIAJapan

Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi

by Aki Asahina

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Dtopia by Jose Ando
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)
Cover of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
ASIAJapan

Hunchback

by Saou Ichikawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Sympathy Tokyo Tower by Rie Kudan
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

202224 winners (showing 3)
Cover of May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase
ASIAJapan

May You Have Delicious Meals

by Junko Takase

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Kono Yo no Yorokobi yo by Iko Idogawa
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)
Cover of Higanbana ga saku shima by Li Kotomi
ASIAJapan

Higanbana ga saku shima

by Li Kotomi

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Black Box by Bunji Sunakawa
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)
Cover of Hakyoku by Haruka Tono
ASIAJapan

Hakyoku

by Haruka Tono

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Idol, Burning by Rin Usami
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)
Cover of The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
ASIAJapan

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

by Natsuko Imamura

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Seitaka Awadachisō by Makoto Furukawa
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)
Cover of Okuribi by Hiroki Takahashi
ASIAJapan

Okuribi

by Hiroki Takahashi

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of 1R 1-Pun 34-Byō by Ryōhei Machiya
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)
Cover of Eiri by Shinsuke Numata
ASIAJapan

Eiri

by Shinsuke Numata

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo by Chisako Wakatake
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)
Cover of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
ASIAJapan

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Shinsekai by Sumito Yamashita
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)
Cover of Sukurappu Ando Birudo by Keisuke Hada
ASIAJapan

Sukurappu Ando Birudo

by Keisuke Hada

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Shinde Inai Mono by Yūshō Takiguchi
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)
Cover of Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki
ASIAJapan

Spring Garden

by Tomoka Shibasaki

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Kyūnenmae no Inori by Masatsugu Ono
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)
Cover of Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino
ASIAJapan

Nails and Eyes

by Kaori Fujino

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
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)
Cover of Touring the Land of the Dead by Maki Kashimada
ASIAJapan

Touring the Land of the Dead

by Maki Kashimada

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of ab Sango by Natsuko Kuroda
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)
Cover of Harlequin's Butterfly by Toh EnJoe
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)
Cover of Otome no Mikkoku by Akiko Akazome
ASIAJapan

Otome no Mikkoku

by Akiko Akazome

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Kikotowa by Mariko Asabuki
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)
Cover of Tsui no Sumika by Ken'ichirō Isozaki
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)
Cover of Toki ga Nijimu Asa by Yang Yi
ASIAJapan

Toki ga Nijimu Asa

by Yang Yi

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Potosu Raimu no Fune by Kikuko Tsumura
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)
Cover of Asatte no Hito by Tetsushi Suwa
ASIAJapan

Asatte no Hito

by Tetsushi Suwa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Chichi to Ran by Mieko Kawakami
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)
Cover of Hachigatsu no Rojō ni Suteru by Takami Itō
ASIAJapan

Hachigatsu no Rojō ni Suteru

by Takami Itō

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama
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)
Cover of The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura
ASIAJapan

The Boy in the Earth

by Fuminori Nakamura

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Waiting in the Offing by Akiko Itoyama
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