Libraries

Adelaide

The State Library of South Australia

• All That I Am – Anna Funder
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller

Brisbane

The State Library of Queensland

• Gillespie and I - Jane Harris
• Spirit of Progress - Steven Carroll
• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett

Canberra

The National Library of Australia

• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller
• Cold Light - Frank Moorhouse
• Sarah Thornhill - Kate Grenville

Hobart

Linc Tasmania

• Past the Shallows - Favel Parrett

Melbourne

The State Library of Victoria

• Autumn Laing – Alex Miller
• The Street Sweeper - Elliot Perlman
• What the Family Needed - Steven Amsterdam

Sydney

The State Library of New South Wales

• All That I Am – Anna Funder
• Five Bells - Gail Jones
• Foal’s Bread - Gillian Mears

Salzburg

Stadt Bibliothek Salzburg

• 11/22/63 – Stephen King
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht
• When the Killing’s Done - T.C. Boyle

Bridgetown

The National Library Service

• Please Look After Mom - Kyung-sook Shin Translated by Chi-Young Kim
• The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler Translated by Ann Long
• The Submission - Amy Waldman

Brussels

Muntpunt

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst
• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

Gent

Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek

• Snowdrops - A. D. Miller
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Wish You Were Here - Graham Swift

Leuven

De Bib Leuven

• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje

Brasilia

Biblioteca Demonstrativa de Brasília - Fundacao Biblioteca Nacional

• Hut of Fallen Persimmons - Adriana Lisboa Translated by Sarah Green
• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique - Gonçalo M. Tavares Translated by Daniel Hahn
• The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon

Calgary

Calgary Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Edmonton

Edmonton Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Gander

Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries

• Anatomy of a Disappearance - Hisham Matar
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
• The Reinvention of Love - Helen Humphreys

Halifax

Halifax Public Libraries

• The Lightning Field - Heather Jessup
• The Return - Dany Laferrière Translated by David Homel
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Montreal

Réseau des Bibliothèques Publiques de Montréal

• Dirty Feet - Edem Awumey Translated by Lazer Lederhendler
• Niko - Dimitri Nasrallah
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Ottawa

Ottawa Public Library

• A Good Man – Guy Vanderhaeghe
• Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul - David Adams Richards
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje

Saint John

Saint John Free Public Library

• A Possible Madness – Frank Macdonald
• Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
• The Town That Drowned - Riel Nason

St. John’s

Provincial Resource Library

• A World Elsewhere – Wayne Johnston
• double talk - Patrick Warner
• Easy to Like – Edward Riche

Sydney

Cape Breton Regional Library

• The Dovekeepers - Alice Hoffman
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Toronto

Toronto Public Library

• A Good Man – Guy Vanderhaeghe
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Winnipeg

Winnipeg Public Library

• Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Rijeka

Gradska Knjiznica Rijeka

• Kafka’s Friend - Miro Gavran Translated by Nina H. Kay-Antoljak
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Karviná-Mizerov

Regional Library of Karviná

• 13, Rue Thérèse – Elena Mauli Shapiro
• Bountiful Famine - Sheg Aranmolate
• The Paris Wife - Paula McLain

Prague

Mestska Knihovna v Praze

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

Aarhus

Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker

• Against Art – Tomas Espedal Translated by James Anderson

Copenhagen

Copenhagen Central Library

• The Dinosaur Feather - Sissel-Jo Gazan Translated by Charlotte Barslund
• The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen Translated by Lisa Hartford

Birmingham

Birmingham Libraries

• Before I Go To Sleep – S.J. Watson
• Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James
• My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You - Louisa Young

Liverpool

Liverpool City Library and Information Services

• Half of the Human Race - Anthony Quinn
• The Absolutist - John Boyne
• The Thread - Victoria Hislop

London

London Borough of Redbridge Libraries

• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

Newcastle

Newcastle City Library

• Pigeon English - Stephen Kelman

Tallinn

National Library of Estonia

• Pure - Andrew Miller

Tampere

Tampere City Library

• A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In – Magnus Mills
• Half of the Human Race - Anthony Quinn
• The Absolutist - John Boyne

Lyon

Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon

• The Truth about Marie - Jean-Philippe Toussaint Translated by Matthew B. Smith
• Underground Time - Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller

Nice

Bibliothèque Municipale Á Vocation Regionale de Nice

• A Man of Parts – David Lodge
• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt
• Touch - Alexi Zentner

Strasbourg

André Malraux Public Library

• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

Tbilisi

National Parliamentary Library of Georgia

• Dagny or a Love Feast - Zurab Karumidze

Berlin

Zentral- u. Landesbibliothek Berlin

• The Map and the Territory - Michel Houellebecq Translated by Gavin Bowd
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Bonn

Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek Bonn

• Adam and Evelyn – Ingo Schulze Translated by John E. Woods
• Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga
• When the Killing’s Done - T.C. Boyle

Bremen

Stadtbibliothek Bremen

• Alice - Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
• Funeral for a Dog - Thomas Pletzinger Translated by Ross Benjamin
• Splithead - Julya Rabinowich Translated by Tess Lewis

Dusseldorf

Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon

Frankfurt

Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main

• The Summer Without Men  – Siri Hustvedt

Leipzig

Leipziger Stadtische Bibliotheken

• Alice - Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo
• Ed King – David Guterson
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Mainz

Bibliotheken der Stadt Mainz

• Emily, Alone - Stewart O’Nan
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Munich

Münchner Stadtbibliothek

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• Our Lady of Alice Bhatti - Mohammed Hanif

Serres

Serres Central Public Library

• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides

Veria

Veria Central Public Library

• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

Kecskemét

Katona József County Library

• The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco Translated by Richard Dixon
• Underground Time - Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller

Reykjavík

Borgarbókasafn Reykjavíkur

• From the Mouth of the Whale - Sjón Translated by Victoria Cribb
• The Map of Time - Félix J. Palma Translated by Nick Caistor

New Delhi

India International Centre Library

• River of Smoke - Amitav Ghosh
• The Sly Company of People Who Care - Rahul Bhattacharya

Cork

Cork City Libraries

• Anatomy of a Disappearance - Hisham Matar
• City of Bohane - Kevin Barry
• Pure - Andrew Miller

Dublin

Dublin City Public Libraries

• Child Wonder  - Roy Jacobsen Translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
• City of Bohane - Kevin Barry
• On Canaan’s Side - Sebastian Barry

Limerick

Limerick City Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• City of Bohane - Kevin Barry
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Waterford City

Waterford City Libraries

• The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am - Kjersti A. Skomsvold Translated by Kerri A. Pierce
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Waterford County

Waterford County Library

• Pure - Andrew Miller
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• Twice Born - Margaret Mazzantini Translated by Ann Gagliardi

Florence

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze

• Accabadora – Michela Murgia Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
• Everybody’s Right – Paolo Sorrentino Translated by Antony Shugaar

Naples

Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli

• Damned - Chuck Palahniuk
• The Potter’s Field - Andrea Camilleri Translated by Stephen Sartarelli

Rome

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

• Everybody’s Right – Paolo Sorrentino Translated by Antony Shugaar
• Temporary Perfections - Gianrico Carofiglio Translated by Antony Shugaar
• Twice Born - Margaret Mazzantini Translated by Ann Gagliardi

Kingston

Jamaica Library Service

• Dancing Lessons - Olive Senior
• The Goat Woman of Largo Bay - Gillian Royes

Nairobi

Kenya National Library Service

• Nomination

Skopje

St Clement of Ohrid, National and University Library

• The Mark - Blazhe Minevski Translated by Milan Damjanovski

Kuala Lumpur

National Library of Malaysia

• Duke - Rozlan Mohd Noor
• The Dulang Washer - Paul Callan

México

Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas El Colegio de México

• My Two Worlds - Sergio Chejfec Translated by Margaret B. Carson
• Tyrant Memory - Horacio Castellanos Moya Translated by Katherine Silver

Herceg Novi

City Library and Reading Room Herceg-Novi

• The Five Wonders of the Danube - Zoran Živković Translated by Alice Copple-Tosic

Auckland

Auckland Libraries

• Rangatira - Paula Morris
• The Conductor - Sarah Quigley
• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides

Christchurch

Christchurch City Libraries

• Bed - David Whitehouse
• The Larnachs - Owen Marshall
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

Dunedin

Dunedin Public Libraries

• Doc - Mary Doria Russell
• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
• The Invisible Ones - Stef Penney

Timaru

Timaru District Libraries

• Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes
• The Conductor - Sarah Quigley
• The Larnachs - Owen Marshall

Wellington

Wellington City Libraries

• Rangatira - Paula Morris
• The Conductor - Sarah Quigley
• Wulf - Hamish Clayton

Bergen

Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

• Caribou Island - David Vann
• Long Time, No See - Dermot Healy
• Cold Eye of Heaven - Christine Dwyer Hickey

Oslo

Oslo Public Libraries

• How It All Began - Penelope Lively
• The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am - Kjersti A. Skomsvold Translated by Kerri A. Pierce
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Stavanger

Stavanger Bibliotek

• Against Art – Tomas Espedal Translated by James Anderson
• Child Wonder  - Roy Jacobsen Translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw

Lódz

Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna

• The Emperor of Lies - Steve Sem-Sandberg Translated by Sarah Death
• Underground Time - Delphine de Vigan Translated by George Miller
• Waiting for Robert Capa - Susana Fortes Translated by Adriana V. López

Warsaw

Biblioteka Publiczna m.st. Warszawy

• A Man of Parts – David Lodge
• Wish You Were Here - Graham Swift

Lisbon

Biblioteca Municipal Central de Lisboa

• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique - Gonçalo M. Tavares
• The Time In Between - María Dueñas Translated by Daniel Hahn
• Hut of Fallen Persimmons – Adriana Lisboa Translated by Sarah Green

Porto

Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto

• Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique - Gonçalo M. Tavares Translated by Daniel Hahn
• Portrait of a Spy - Daniel Silva
• The Warsaw Anagrams - Richard Zimler

Cluj

Biblioteca Judeteaná “Octavian Goga” Cluj

• Awakened - P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Moscow

Library for Foreign Literature

• From the Mouth of the Whale - Sjón Translated by Victoria Cribb
• Long Time, No See - Dermot Healy
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

Aberdeen

Aberdeen City Libraries

• Before I Go To Sleep – S.J. Watson
• The Second Coming - John Niven

Belgrade

Belgrade City Library

• The Five Wonders of the Danube - Zoran Živković Translated by Alice Copple-Tosic

Ljubljana

Knjižnica Oton Župancic

Cape Town

Cape Town Central Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• Tell It to the Trees - Anita Rau Badami

Barcelona

Biblioteques de Barcelona

• Ten Thousand Saints - Eleanor Henderson
• The Map and the Territory - Michel Houellebecq Translated by Gavin Bowd

Colombo

Colombo Public Library

• Beggar’s Feast - Randy Boyagoda
• Estuary - Sam Bunny
• The Iron Fence - Neluka Silva

Stockholm

Stockholm Public Library

• The Dewey Decimal System - Nathan Larson

Bern

Universitätsbibliothek Bern

• A Cupboard Full of Coats – Yvvette Edwards
• Emily, Alone - Stewart O’Nan
• Alice – Judith Hermann Translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo

Geneva

Bibliothèques Municipales de la Ville de Genève

• Accabadora – Michela Murgia Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
• Lightning - Jean Echenoz Translated by Linda Coverdale

Zurich

Zentralbibliothek Zürich

• Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga
• Part of the Solution - Ulrich Peltzer Translated by Martin Chalmers

Amsterdam

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam

• Caesarion  - Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Book of Doubt - Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle

Eindhoven

Openbare Bibliotheek Eindhoven

• Caesarion  - Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• The Book of Doubt - Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle
• The Cocaine Salesman - Conny Braam Translated by Jonathan Reeder

Rotterdam

Bibliotheek Rotterdam

• Jamrach’s Menagerie - Carol Birch
• The Cocaine Salesman - Conny Braam Translated by Jonathan Reeder
• When God was a Rabbit - Sarah Winman

The Hague

Stichting Bibliotheek.nl

• Caesarion  - Tommy Wieringa Translated by Sam Garrett
• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Book of Doubt - Tessa de Loo Translated by Brian Doyle

Utrecht

Bibliotheek Utrecht

• Julia – Otto de Kat Translated by Ina Rilke
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Boston

Boston Public Library

• 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Translated by Jay Rubin / Phillip Gabriel
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Cheyenne

Laramie County Library System

• Hell Is Empty - Craig Johnson
• The Dovekeepers - Alice Hoffman
• The Paris Wife - Paula McLain

Cincinnati

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

• Say Her Name - Francisco Goldman
• The Grief of Others - Leah Hager Cohen
• The Submission - Amy Waldman

Cleveland

Cleveland Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
• The Tragedy of Arthur - Arthur Phillips
• Touch - Alexi Zentner

Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak Library District

• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Columbia

Richland County Public Library

• Red on Red - Edward Conlon
• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
• The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Concord

New Hampshire State Library

• Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
• Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Denver

Denver Public Library

• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• When She Woke - Hillary Jordan

Hartford

Hartford Public Library

• Assumption – Percival Everett
• River of Smoke - Amitav Ghosh
• We the Animals - Justin Torres

Houston

Houston Public Library

• Remember Ben Clayton – Stephen Harrigan
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Public Library

• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Kansas City

Kansas City Public Library

• Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
• Silver Sparrow - Tayari Jones
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach

Miami

Miami-Dade Public Library System

• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Sojourn - Andrew Krivak

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
• The Submission - Amy Waldman
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

New York

New York Public Library

• Silver Sparrow - Tayari Jones
• Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
• We the Animals - Justin Torres

Philadelphia

Free Library of Philadelphia

• The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine - Alina Bronsky Translated by Tim Mohr
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Portland

Multnomah County Library

• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt

Richmond

Richmond Public Library

• Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
• The Cat’s Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Girl in the Blue Beret - Bobbie Ann Mason

San Diego

San Diego Public Library

• On Canaan’s Side - Sebastian Barry
• The Stranger’s Child - Alan Hollinghurst

San Francisco

San Francisco Public Library

• State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
• The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
• The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh

San José

San José Public Library

• The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht

Springfield

Lincoln Library

• Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides

Tallahassee

LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System

• The Borrower - Rebecca Makkai
• The Tiger’s Wife - Téa Obreht
• To Be Sung Underwater - Tom McNeal