The longlist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award offers plenty of reading inspiration
The Dublin Literary Award, now in its 31st year, is officially the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English, worth €100,000 to the winner. If the book has been translated the author receives €75,000 and the translator receives €25,000.
Another unique feature of the prize is that nominations are submitted by librarians and readers from a network of libraries around the world. This year’s longlist has just been announced featuring established writers including award winning writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alan Hollinghurst and Ocean Vuong. Irish debut novelist, Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin has made the cut with her novel Ordinary Saints nominated by Libraries Northern Ireland along with Sally Rooney for her novel Intermezzo nominated by Redbridge and Liverpool Libraries in the UK.
The shortlist is announced on Tuesday, April 7 while the winner will be announced by its Patron, Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam on Thursday May 21, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin (ILFD).
The longlisted titles to add to your reading list are …
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner, Simon & Schuster. Nominated by Chicago Public Library, USA
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 4th Estate/Harper Collins. Nominated by Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, Porto, Portugal and Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.
Endling by Maria Reva, Penguin Random House, Doubleday; Knopf Canada. Nominated by Ottawa Public Library Canada.
Gliff by Ali Smith,Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK. Nominated by Katona József Könyvtár, Hungary
Good Girl by Aria Aber, Bloomsbury,Nominated by Cleveland Public Library, USA.
In Late Summer by Madalena Blaževi (Bosnian-Croatian), translated from the Croatian by Andelka Raguž, Linden Editions. Nominated by University Library of Bern, Switzerland.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Faber; Nominated by Redbridge Central Library and Liverpool Libraries and Information Service, United Kingdom.
Live Fast by Brigitte Giraud (French), translated from the French by Cory Stockwell, Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. Nominated by Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, France.
Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, Manilla Press. Nominated by LibrariesNI, Northern Ireland, UK.
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, Picador. Nominated by Richland Library, USA.
Perspectives by Laurent Binet, translated from the French by Sam Taylor, published by Harvill, Vintage, Penguin Random House UK. Nominated by Bibliothèques Municipales de Genève, Switzerland.
The Antidote by Karen Russell, Chatto & Windus/Vintage UK: Knopf US. Nominated by Iowa City Public Library and New Hampshire State Library, USA.
The Brittle Age by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein, Europa Editions UK Ltd; Europa Editions US. Nominated by Sistema Bibliotecario di Milano, Italy
The Creation of Half-Broken People by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (Zimbabwean), Picador Africa; House of Anansi Press. Nominated by City of Cape Town Library & Information Services, South Africa.
The Echoes by Evie Wyld, Vintage (Penguin Random House). Nominated by Bruges Public Library, Belgium.
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, Jonathan Cape (Vintage, PRH) UK; Penguin Press (US). Nominated by Hartford Public Library, USA.
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish), translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Fitzcarraldo Editions. Nominated by “Octavian Goga” Cluj County Library, Romania.
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, Weidenfeld and Nicolson UK. Nominated by National Library Board Singapore, Singapore
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, Viking. Nominated by Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III, Napoli, Italy and Municipal Library of Prague, Czechia.
What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated from the French by Pablo Strauss, Coach House Books; Gallic Books (Pushkin). Nominated by Bibliothèque de Québec and Toronto Public Library, Canada
