International Booker Prize Shortlist 2021 (6 books)

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Shortlist: All
Shortlist by Year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Longlist: All
Longlist by Year: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

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1	At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop 3.79 avg rating — 30,460 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez 3.79 avg rating — 69,759 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut 4.09 avg rating — 70,296 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Employees by Olga Ravn 3.62 avg rating — 34,931 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova 3.84 avg rating — 2,381 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard 3.40 avg rating — 3,252 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars