Recs if you like Time Shelter...
Non Russian Slavic books
Book about or by authors from Slavic countries that aren't Russia!
Balkan Gothic
Books with unreliable narrators, dark themes and the gothic sense of dread and ruin, set in the Balkans
Translation in the Spotlight
A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .
Updated once new nominees are announced.
Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026
Back to the future (and/or the past)
Books featuring time-travel, time-loops and other timey-wimey shenanigans…
Suggestions welcome
reading around the world: eastern europe
Read Around The World Challenge 𖹭 Europe Edition
This list features one book from each country in Europe. I put the focus on women authors, with additional queer and BIPoC representation throughout. Happy reading!
Reading the World: Bulgaria
Enjoy my newest lit series, ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!
Books from Different Countries
In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... ❤️
internationally awarded novels
books from outside of the us that have taken home the gold (ideally in translation)
some of the books selected are from authors who were overall recognized
behind & beyond the iron curtain
(mostly fiction) books that deal with the experience, repercussions, and cultural memory of repressive regimes in the (former) eastern bloc. (work in progress.)
International Booker Prize Winners
The International Booker Prize is awarded yearly to the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
International Booker Prize
longlists of every year from 2016 onwards
Award Winning Reads
Nobel, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Booker Prize, International Booker Prize, Women’s Prize, Lambda Literary Award, etc. winners
Airplane Mode Picks
A list of books in translation that have been picked for Skunk Cabbage Books' Airplane Mode subscription! (I am not affiliated with Skunk Cabbage, I just like how they've curated this subscription so far!)
Books in Translation
Foreign literature
Bulgarian Literature
Bulgarian literature (translated and untranslated)
What Year Is It Anyway? (may contain spoilers)
“There is no time machine except the human being.” - Time Shelter
