LONDON — For the second year running, most of the shortlisted novels for the International Booker Prize are by women. The contenders for the award, arguably the most significant prize for literature translated into English, were announced in London on Thursday.

Among the books in the running are the Japanese author Yoko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police,” as well as novels originally written in Dutch, Persian and Spanish.

Daniel Kehlmann’s “Tyll” is perhaps the most high-profile, having sold over 600,000 copies in the author’s native Germany. Netflix is currently adapting it.