Recs if you like The Details...

the texture of sun-warm sheets, time alone with a book, the lattice of light through the trees in the early evening, the comfort of an ordinary routine, a fleeting exchange, an everyday kindness.

these works of fiction observe, preserve and venerate the beautiful mundane, the small things of life.

recs very much welcome :)

Novellas (less than 200 pages) featuring sapphic characters and/or romances!

books about lost chances, 'what ifs', and the lives that might've been. nostalgia and regret are two sides of the same coin: a lingering, a dwelling, on a past you can't return to.

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

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

Queer books that deserve more attention!!

When people leave, they do not take themselves back. inspired by this tumblr quote: "I make my ramen the way a friend taught me in eleventh grade. Every fall, I listen to a playlist made for me by a boy I drove across a border to hook up with. I eat sushi because a girl who won't talk to me anymore made me try it."

[open to suggestions]

My favorite translated works and books I want to get to!

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

for better and for worse