Three Irish novels have been nominated for the Impac Dublin Literary Award.
Room by Emma Donoghue, Faithful Place by Tana French and Skippy Dies by Paul Murray are among the titles up for the Impac Dublin Literary Award.
A total of 147 novels have been chosen by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 prize, the world's most valuable annual literary award for a single work of fiction published in English.
Room received the greatest number of nominations, with 20 libraries in Ireland, England, France, Maldives, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada choosing the title.
Faithful Place was picked by Lincoln City library in the United States, and Skippy Dies was put forward by readers in Ireland and the United States.
Dublin City librarian Margaret Hayes said the award promotes excellence in world literature.
"The success of the three Irish authors in being nominated by so many libraries reinforces Dublin's Unesco City of Literature status and Emma Donoghue's success in achieving 20 nominations from libraries worldwide demonstrates once again the international appeal of Irish writing," she added.
The 147 eligible nominations came from 122 cities and 45 countries worldwide.
Other titles up for the 2012 award include A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, winner of the 2011 Commonwealth Writer's Prize and Cool Water by Dianne Warren, winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction 2010.
A judging panel will announce a shortlist on April 12th, 2012, with the winner revealed in June.
Lord Mayor Andrew Montague urged Dubliners to borrow nominated novels from their local public library.
"You will find books and authors, particularly those novels in translation that you might otherwise never come across, and you can pick your own favourites," he added.
Previous Irish winners include Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin (2011) and The Master by Colm Tóibín (2006)
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