Recs if you like Flights...
Lucy Dacus Recommendations π
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
half-glimpsed images: the novel in fragments
the fragmentary novel is constructed of fragments or vignettes, typically following images, thoughts, and feelings over a sequential series of events. in a world of disruption, displacement, and of time being swallowed and spat out by the machines of capitalism and colonialism, the fragmentary novel offers an alternative structure.
title borrowed from jenny offill. recommendations welcome.
international booker - all books
winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026
Award Nominated Fiction from Indie Publishers
Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! Iβm starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!
Women in Translation Prize: Complete Longlist
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 'aims to address the gender imbalance in translated literature' and is open to works of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and fiction for children or young adults. Only works written by a woman (original authors, not the translators) are eligible. All works longlisted since the prize began in 2017 are collected on this list.
Eastern European / Baltic / Balkan Lit βΰΌΊπ©β οΈοΈπͺΰΌ»β
Various titles, from Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Baltic, & Balkan authors.
AI Authors
Books by people who use artificial intelligence in the writing and/or publishing process. Sources are linked in the comments.
A Brief Research Project on God
Fiction that uses every means at its disposal to detail the Deity. MLA Formatted.
national book award for translated literature
all longlisted books from 2018-2026
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: β’ NBA 2018-2025 β’ International Booker 2016-2026
Pages from Poland
The best of Polish literature - including classics as well as modern stories across various genres. | I will only include the first books of series!
Sprawl; or an excessive Horizontality
What the NYT Missed: 71 More Best Books
This is a list put together by Lithub to highlight books they thought the NYT top 100 of the century missed out out. The full title is What the New York Times Missed: 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century and was published July 16, 2024. https://lithub.com/what-the-new-york-times-missed-71-more-of-the-best-books-of-the-21st-century/
Books from Different Countries
In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... β€οΈ
Reading around the world
Just a list of books I've read from around the world, hoping others will find it useful.
R/Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.
Nobel Prize in Lit Authors
These authors won for all their lifeβs work, but hereβs each of their most notable books to get you started!
Not all authors are listed.
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
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.
Translated Lit
Please note that this is by no means a fully comprehensive list. This is a start in a journey to try to read more globally, and I would love to hear your translated literature recommendations
