Recs if you like Is Mother Dead...

Acclaimed or well known books from Scandinavia. Only works that have been translated to English. General vibes are dark, depressive books, some fairytales and crime novels.

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

Stories by women from across the world, brought to us through translation.

The University of Rochester found that only 3 percent of books published in the US are in translation. I want to create lists of recently published (fiction) literature (2022-2025) in translation from different languages, out of curiosity. Will mostly be sourced from the university's database, which goes up to 2024, and then sourced from publishers for 2025 (won't be comprehensive for 2025). Feel free to suggest titles, from the last 5/10 years if you like them, or other languages of interest!

Pregnancy and its horrors and/or joy. Motherhood and women's bodies. Motherhood and dystopia. Motherhood and horror. Motherhood and grief. Motherhood and happiness. Mothers and daughters. Daughters and mothers. Mothers and sons, sons and mothers. What say you.

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

Mays Bookclub theme are books about motherhood through various genres