Nobel Prize in Literature

2025

• The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai
• Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai
• Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai
• War and War by László Krasznahorkai
• The Last Wolf & Herman by László Krasznahorkai
• The World Goes On by László Krasznahorkai
• Satantango by László Krasznahorkai

2024

• Human Acts by Han Kang
• Greek Lessons by Han Kang
• We Do Not Part by Han Kang
• The Vegetarian by Han Kang
• The White Book by Han Kang

2023

• Melancholy by Jon Fosse
• Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse
• Septology by Jon Fosse

2022

• A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux
• Shame by Salman Rushdie
• The Years by Annie Ernaux

2021

• By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah — Literature
• Desertion by Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

2020

• The Wild Iris by Louise Glück

2019

• The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke
• A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke

2018

• The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
• Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk
• The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
• House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
• Flights by Olga Tokarczuk — Literature
• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk — Literature

2017

• When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro — Literature
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro — Literature
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro — Literature
• A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro — Literature
• An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro — Literature

2016

• Tarantula by Bob Dylan
• Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan

2015

• Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
• The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich

2014

• So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano
• In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
• Missing Person by Patrick Modiano
• Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano

2013

• Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro
• The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro — Literature
• Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro

2012

• Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
• Big Breasts and Wide Hips by Mo Yan
• Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan

2011

• The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Tranströmer
• Baltics by Tomas Tranströmer

2010

• The Green House by Mario Vargas Llosa
• The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
• The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
• Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
• Conversation in The Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
• The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

2009

• The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller
• The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller

2008

• Desert by J.M.G. Le Clézio
• The Prospector by J.M.G. Le Clézio

2007

• The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
• The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
• The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing — Literature
• The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing
• Briefing for a Descent into Hell by Doris Lessing — Literature

2006

• The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
• My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk — Literature
• The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
• A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk — Literature
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk
• The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk

2005

• The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

2004

• The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
• Lust by Elfriede Jelinek

2003

• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• Foe by J.M. Coetzee
• Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
• Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• Summertime by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee — Literature
• Jesus Trilogy by J.M. Coetzee

2002

• Fatelessness by Imre Kertész
• Kaddish for an Unborn Child by Imre Kertész

2001

• The Enigma of Arrival by V.S. Naipaul
• Guerrillas by V.S. Naipaul
• A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
• Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul — Literature
• In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul — Literature
• A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul — Literature

2000

• Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
• One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian

1999

• The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
• Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
• Dog Years by Günter Grass

1998

• Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago