Recs if you like All Men Want to Know...

Introspective books by people who observe a lot, ponder a lot, feel a lot, and write about it. Creative memoir, self-indulgent navel-gazing, or "wan little husks" (as Joyce Carol Oates once put it)... whatever you personally think about autofiction, including whether or not it really is a genre, this somewhat experimental form of writing most definitely gives both writers and readers a chance to engage in narratives in a different way.

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

Reading translated fiction changed the trajectory of my life so I need to return the favor by promoting them more

Mix of genres by queer authors from nations in Europe set (partially) in the nation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'm still researching them! Keeping it at maximum 3 books per nation, but please leave recommendations if you have them!

Bulgaria: Four Minutes Finland: The Red Book of Farewells France: All Men Want to Know; Sphinx; The Last One Iceland: Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was Italy: Blue Hunger Netherlands: The Tree and the Vine; The Safekeep Norway: Paradise Rot Russia: Wound Spain: Permafrost; Bad Habits; Napalm in the Heart Sweden: Fair Play

Fiction books set in Algeria

Open to recs!!