147 titles have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award. Seven Irish novels are among this titles for the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Nominations include 43 novels in translation with works by 43 American, 23 British, 14 Canadian, 10 Australian, 5 New Zealander and 4 Dutch authors. Among this 43 translated books are novels originally published in Arabic, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Kannada, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Slovene and Turkish.

Organised by Dublin City Council, the 2017 Award was launched today and the 147 books eligible for this year's award were nominated by libraries in 109 cities and 40 countries around the world.

The Irish titles nominated for 2017 are:

- The Blue Guitar by John Banville
- Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
- Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
- The Green Road by Anne Enright
- The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien
- Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor
- Asking For It by Louise O’Neill

This year, the most nominated book is Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins, chosen by 9 libraries in Australia, Canada, England, Greece, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and Spain.

The full list of titles is available on www.dublinliteraryaward.ie and all of the novels nominated for the Award can be borrowed from Dublin’s public libraries.

The shortlist will be published on April 11, 2017 and the winner will be announced on June 21.