The 2025 International Booker Shortlist- Deep Dive and My Favourites!

Hello! I’m Bob, and I loved reading the shortlist for this year’s International Booker Prize! Here are my reviews of the individual books, and then how I think they connect, along with my favourites! Books Mentioned: 00:00 Introduction 00:49 Solvej Balle- On The Calculation of Volume 1 (tr. Barbara J. Haveland) 04:38 Vincent Delecroix- Small Boat (tr. Helen Stevenson) 07:55 Hiromi Kawakami- Under The Eye of the Big Bird (tr. Asa Yoneda) 11:05 Vincenzo Latronico- Perfection (tr. Sophie Hughes) 14:46 Banu Mushtaq- Heart Lamp (tr. Deepa Bhasthi 17:30 Anne Serre- The Leopard-Skin Hat (tr. Mark Hutchinson) 20:46 Shortlist Discussion and My Favourites — Thank you for watching! You can also support my channel by buying your books through the following links (please note, these are affiliate links, so I will get a small percentage of the cost, but it will not affect the price of the book!) Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/bobthebookerer Blackwells: https://www.blackwells.co.uk/?a_aid=BobTheBookerer Waterstones: http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=3787&awinaffid=916997 Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/g/9u6hrz Amazon (UK/US/CA): https://amzn.to/3Ds5b2z Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/hz/subscribe/ku?tag=bobthebookere-21 Audible: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/audible/mlp?ie=UTF8&actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=bobthebookere-21 You can also find me on Twitter at @wordbib and on the below: Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bobthebookerer Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/94796885-bob-hughes Email: [email protected]