15min The selection of books of the year takes place in three stages.
Now until October 20 readers can vote and choose, in their opinion, the most valuable books published during the year.
Then, a panel of experts will vote on the 5 books with the most readers’ votes in each category. So, when choosing the winner, 50% readers will decide, 50 percent experts.
Winners will be announced at an official ceremony at the Open books festival on October 26.
YOU CAN VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS HERE
At the finish line, let’s take a look at what books are in the top five so far – your votes can change everything.
Fiction books by Lithuanian authors
In this category, so far five books are a bit separated from the other nominees. However, each vote can fundamentally change the situation.
15 min photo/Lithuanian fiction books
- Benas Lastauskas “For those who don’t read” – 57 percent.
- Kotryna Zylė “Mylimi kaulai” – 8 percent.
- Mantas Adomėnas “Coin & Labyrinth” (Parts I and II) – 6 percent.
- Gabija Grušaitė “Mushroom dream” – 5 percent.
- Sara Poisson “Taste of this life” – 5 percent.
The closest to the top five is Dalia Staponkutė and her book “Vivat Regina!”, so far you will get 4 percent. reader votes.
Non-fiction books by Lithuanian authors
In this category, so far, two books are competing for one place in the top five – the other books are somewhat distant. So decisive votes can change the situation.
15 min photo/Lithuanian non-fiction books
- Deimantė Rudžinskaitė “Pasaulietė” – 18 percent.
- Violeta Tapinienė “Flashes of reclaimed time” – 14 percent.
- Leonidas Donskis “Evil is temporary” (composed by Laimantas Jonušys) – 12 percent.
- Norbertas Černiauskas “Fado. A short, unfinished history of Lithuania” – 9 percent.
- Member Kairys “Yura yura. 88 temple road” and Laima Baršauskienė “Death and less important things”
– both 7 percent each.
The book “Weeping Bronze” by Rolandas Rastauskas is the closest to the top five. Travel Book, 1993-2023″, collecting 6% reader votes.
Translated fiction books
In this category, the five books are somewhat detached from the others participating in the election.
15 min photo/Fine translated books
- Bartosz Polonski “Robčikas” – 12 percent
- Georges Perec “Life as a user manual” – 11 percent.
- Olga Tokarczuk “Empūsijas” – 11 percent
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa „Gatopardas“ – 10 proc.
- Ian McEwan „Pamokos“ – 10 proc.
Closest to the top five is Annie Ernaux’s book “Years”, collecting 8 percent. of votes.
Translated non-fiction books
In this category, the top five of readers’ favorites also stand out.
15 min photo/Non-fiction translated books
- “Natasha’s Dance” by Orlando Figes – 16 percent.
- Rasa Navickaitė “Marija Gimbutienė. Archaeology, the Great Goddess hypothesis, feminism” – 13 percent.
- Byung-Chul Han’s Fatigue Society – 11 percent.
- Avram Sutzkever “From the Vilnius Ghetto to Nuremberg” (composed by Justin D. Cammy and Saulė Valiūnaitė) – 10 percent.
- Aleksanda Kasuba “Ticking child” – 10 percent.
Closest to the top five is Robert M. Sapolsky’s book “Destined”, which has received 7 percent so far. reader votes.
Poetry books by Lithuanian authors
And here, in the category of poetry books by Lithuanian authors, as many as four books have so far received the same percentage of readers’ votes – they are fighting for three places. So here, every vote can dramatically change the situation.
15 min photo/Lithuanian poetry books
- Rūta Mikulėnaitė-Jonuškiene “Roads of Blue Nights” – 18 percent.
- Jurgita Jasponytė “The universe sits in the wrong place” – 15 percent.
- Gražvilė Baleišytė “Unrelenting greenness” – 8 percent.
- Austėja Jakas “Blue pleasures” – 8 percent.
- Aidas Marchėnas “Die: Poems from the Ended World” – 8 percent.
- Tomas Petrulis “The body of the thing” – 8 percent.
Translated books of poetry
Changes are still possible in this category as well.
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- Rainer Maria Rilke, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis “String and wind” – 26 percent.
- Inger Christensen “Tai” – 16 percent.
- Ilona Witkowska “Where are my children?” – 12 percent.
- Antanas A. Jonyns, Michael Augustinas “1953” – 11 percent.
- Aleš Štegeris “Burning tongues” – 10 percent.
Closest to the top five is Vasylis Machno’s book “Advice how to write poems better”, which has received 9 percent so far. reader votes.
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