Recs if you like The Words That Remain...

Some classic, popular, and lesser-known books about the lives and relationships of men who love men. Recommendations welcome---I'm specifically in search of more books centering trans men! [Created Sep '25]

Queer books by authors from south of the equator

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 from outside of the us that have taken home the gold (ideally in translation)

some of the books selected are from authors who were overall recognized

Fiction books set in Brazil.

Open to recs!

A mix of genres by queer authors from South America, set in (or partially in) the nation. Preference given to books in translation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'm still researching them! Maximum 3 books per nation!

Argentina: Brickmakers; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Bad Girls Brazil: The Words that Remain; We All Loved Cowboys Chile: My Tender Matador; The Remainder Colombia: Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You; Like This Afternoon Forever Ecuador: Jawbone Peru: The Glory of Gold; Nine Moons Suriname: On a Woman's Madness Uruguay: Cantoras

Please leave suggestions if you have them :)

Nobel, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Booker Prize, International Booker Prize, Women’s Prize, Lambda Literary Award, etc. winners