Recs if you like Time Shelter...

Book about or by authors from Slavic countries that aren't Russia!

Books with unreliable narrators, dark themes and the gothic sense of dread and ruin, set in the Balkans

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

Books featuring time-travel, time-loops and other timey-wimey shenanigans…

Suggestions welcome

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!

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!

In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... ❤️

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

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

(mostly fiction) books that deal with the experience, repercussions, and cultural memory of repressive regimes in the (former) eastern bloc. (work in progress.)

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.

Nobel, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Booker Prize, International Booker Prize, Women’s Prize, Lambda Literary Award, etc. winners

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!)

Foreign literature

Bulgarian literature (translated and untranslated)

memory

“There is no time machine except the human being.” - Time Shelter