| Rivers of London | Aaronovitch, Ben | UK |
| Eine allgemeine Theorie des Vergessens | Agualusa, José Eduardo | Angola |
| Life On A Rock | Albury, K.A. | Bahamas |
| Iman | Assani-Razaki, Ryad | Benin |
| Die Elster auf dem Galgen | Bacharevič, Alhierd | Belarus |
| Wann wird diese Hölle enden? | Berg, Mary | Poland |
| The Poisoner’s Handbook | Blum, Deborah | USA |
| The Woman in White | Collins, Wilkie | UK |
| Titanlord | Darwish, M.G. | Bahrain |
| My Own Devices | Dessa | USA |
| Zeige deine Klasse | Dröscher, Daniela | Germany |
| Beka Lamb | Edgell, Zee | Belize |
| Permutation City | Egan, Greg | USA |
| Verschwinden | Enríquez, Mariana | Argentina |
| Wolf unter Wölfen | Fallada, Hans | Germany |
| North and South | Gaskell, Elizabeth | UK |
| A Skinful Of Shadows | Hardinge, Frances | UK |
| Dancing Nude in the Moonlight | Hillhouse, Joanne C. | Antigua and Barbuda |
| The Word is Murder | Horowitz, Anthony | UK |
| Rückwärtswalzer | Kaiser, Vea | Austria |
| Makarionissi | Kaiser, Vea | Austria |
| Hundehaut | Kongoli, Fatos | Albania |
| Der Gärtner war’s nicht | Kruse, Tatjana | Germany |
| Capital | Lanchester, John | UK |
| Redemption in Indigo | Lord, Karen | Barbados |
| Penelope, die Listenreiche | Markosjan-Kasper, Gohar | Armenia |
| Far Far Away | McNeal, Tom | USA |
| The Silent Patient | Michaelides, Alex | UK |
| The Bridges of Constantine | Mosteghanemi, Ahlam | Algeria |
| Lajja: Shame | Nasrin, Taslima | Bangladesh |
| Die letzten Kinder von Schewenborn | Pausewang, Gudrun | Germany |
| Erde und Asche | Rahimi, Atiq | Afghanistan |
| Ali und Nino | Said, Kurban | Azerbaijan |
| Schlusslichter | Simenon, Georges | Belgium |
| If Darkness Takes Us | Smith, Brenda Marie | USA |
| Schäfchen im Trockenen | Stelling, Anke | Germany |
| Die Sprache des Donald Trump | Viennot, Bérengère | France |
| Das Lächeln der Erde | Villeró, Ramón | Andorra |
| The Death of Mrs Westaway | Ware, Ruth | UK |
| The Nowhere Child | White, Christian | Australia |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Wolfe, Tom | USA |