Recs if you like The Books of Jacob...

book recs for purple readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

Awarded annually to an author from any country, since 1901.

This list contains popular books from all the award winning authors.

Awards from 1901 -2025

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.

the selection of books i think should be up there with anglophone and russian classics, cause they deserve it. most of them have english translation, even if it's not displayed here. dm if you want more info!

Books by people who use artificial intelligence in the writing and/or publishing process. Sources are linked in the comments.

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

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

I love books that have some unique feature that is best enjoyed as a physical book, rather than e-book or audio. An example could be that it has footnotes, appendices, non-linear storytelling, or requires frequent flipping of pages.

In this digital age, it’s fun to find books where the physical book has an advantage. It’s also a factor I use when purchasing books at the bookstore.

Totally open to recommendations, as part of my reason for making this list is wanting to find more!

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.

words shape your reality–and how it becomes the architecture of your cage. These are books where language does not merely describe reality; it manufactures it. Where power begins in the dictionary. Where the most dangerous weapon is not a blade but a redefinition. In these worlds, brutality survives because it is renamed. And identity itself becomes something spoken over you before you can speak back.

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

Novel as travelogue, travelogue as novel