Fiction In Translation

The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since. Widely recognised as the...

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, What You Are Looking for Is In the Library, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that will linger...

The international bestseller that has captivated Europe__________________________________'One of the best historical novels you are likely to read' Christine Dwyer Hickey'A sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story' NEW YORK TIMES'An inventive...

A Daily Express Book of the Year'A must-read' - Evening Standard'Houellebecq's new book proves he is one of the world's greatest novelists' - The Daily Telegraph'The most important novelist to...

"Gripping and touching" Independent"Memorable and moving" The TimesBound by blood, separated by love...Twin sisters, Lotte and Anna, share a bond that is far stronger than anyone except they alone can...

An alarm sounds in the middle of the night for a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bredang, outside Stockholm. The nearest police car answers the call. There...

Sanaka Hiiragi's The Lantern of Lost Memories is a healing, uplifting Japanese novel about family, love, loss and humanity, and what life is really about.One photograph, one treasured memory, one...

No law, no gun, no God could stop me now. Only him.THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENONA generational hit with over a quarter of a million copies sold'A feast for the...

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate.When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven...

'Holding on to the belief that life had meaning and must go on, I, too, would carry on.'In this million-copy bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes...

AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK TO CATCH YOUR IMAGINATION IN 2025'A psychedelic fever dream' ESQUIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025'A wildly original anti-capitalist satire' GUARDIAN'A rip-roaring satire of late capitalism and...

'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Guardian'Sharp and entertaining' Times Literary Supplement'Exuberant ... Dealing with the Dead is often damning, frequently hilarious and always compassionate' Financial TimesAbruptly deceased at the...

A luscious summer novel about friends, lovers, and friends' lovers'Clever, wry, and incredibly sexy' SUSANNAH DICKEYFive friends from university; seven summer days in a cabin in rural Denmark. A chance...

Jingqiu, an innocent young woman from a politically questionable family in the city, is selected as one of a small group of students to be sent to the countryside to...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her...

A summer's evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant. Between mouthfuls of food and over the delicate scraping of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum...

'The Japanese crime novel everyone will be talking about in 2025!' READER REVIEW'Full of unexpected twists . . . A perfect mystery for a chilly night.' READER REVIEWA CLASSIC MYSTERY...

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children...

'The morning became a long, drawn-out afternoon that became depthless night dawning innocently through the house'Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature.Penguin Modern: fifty new books...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2022 (BEST FICTION)'[A] miraculous sort of novel' Hernan Diaz'I wish I could write like this' Fredrik Backman'So...

'A portrait of a world in fragments, a mirrorball made of razor blades' GuardianSleep-deprived fathers conjuring phantoms; sharp-toothed children and stolen skulls; persecuted young women drawn to self-immolation. Organized crime...

The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is perfect for fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold.What's the one dish you'd...

Book of the Year 2023 according to New Yorker, TIME magazine, Kirkus A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The...

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.When...

'The greatest novel of the 20th century you've never heard of' TelegraphWith an Introduction by Gabriel Garcia MarquezA new translation by Douglas J. WeatherfordIn this stunning masterpiece of the surreal,...

Based on Cartarescu's own experience as a teacher, Solenoid submerges us in the mundane details of a diarist's life and spirals into an existential account of history, philosophy and mathematics....

"A deeply moving book." -LEILA SLIMANI *** "A work of rare grace and importance."-THE GUARDIANIn January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an...

The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect...

The baby is dead. It only took a few seconds.When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect...

Dr Max Aue is a family man and owner of a lace factory in post-war France. He is an intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music. He is also...

'Such a heart-warming, wonderful little read that'll appeal to anyone who understands what it means to fall in love with stories' - 5***** Reader ReviewThere's a book written for every...

|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD ||'These days I'm reading a book called DallerGut Dream Department Store and when they talk about the dream department...

WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore' Red'A balm for...

After several years of absence, a man reappears in the life of a woman and their young son. Intent on being a family again, he drives them to Les Roches,...

Mathea Martinsen has never been good at dealing with other people. After a lifetime, her only real accomplishment is her longevity: everyone she reads about in the obituaries has died...

THE INTOXICATING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT LOVE, COOKING AND MAGIC. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JOANNE HARRIS AND ISABEL ALLENDE.'This magical, mythical, moving story of love, sacrifice and summering sensuality is something...

A tie-in edition of Fallada's best-selling WW2 novel, to accompany the major new film starring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson.Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. When unassuming...

It's the 1930s. Christine, A young Austrian woman whose family has been impoverished by the war, toils away in a provincial post office. Out of the blue, a telegram arrives...

Startling in its revelations, disturbing in its implications - a thriller of gripping intensity and immense literary power. Two violent deaths in the Swedish wilderness; the hurried flight of a...

A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.'Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture' StylistTsukiko is...

Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolome-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Literature Prize.A port city is in the grips of...

The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin -...

Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature, and of history,...