Recs if you like Perfection...

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

Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! I’m starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!

books that shayne topp from smosh has read in 2025 (ones that he talked about or posted on social media at the end of the year)

This is not the Booker Prize for Fiction but the honor focused on translated work. This longlist has 13 books translated from 10 languages.

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

Books by Italian authors (or authors who have substantially lived in Italy and can write it very well) translated into English that are usually set in Italy.

Suggestions welcome ☺️🫶

Fiction books from The New York Times' "100 Notable Books of 2025" list

Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026

capturing feelings of discontent, dissatisfaction, or existentialism one book at a time

Books published in translation to English in 2025 with original languages including Catalan, Swedish, Amharic, Hindi, and more.

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

for better and for worse

according to the new york times' november list

short literary fiction books that are less than 200 pages

Books that linger, provoke, and demand a discussion.

Hi! These are some of the books that've stuck with me since I read them. They center around the themes of existentialism, nihilism, and a reminder of the current events happening around the world as we live our own daily lives that may reflect differently.

Books that New Yorker writer and essayist Jia Tolentino has recommended.