Before We Forget Kindness is the latest addition to the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi, first published in English by Hanover Square Press … Read more
Before We Say Goodbye is the latest instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally celebrated time-travel café series, translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot. Published originally in Japanese and later brought … Read more
Before Your Memory Fades (Japanese title: Yoi Ko Hi wa Saki ni Natte) is the third installment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. First published … Read more
Tales from the Cafe is the second instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally acclaimed time-travel series, following the bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Originally published in Japanese as 続・コーヒーが冷めないうちに, it … Read more
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, first published in Japanese in 2015 and translated into English by Geoffrey Trousselot in 2019. Originally adapted from Kawaguchi’s … Read more
When a novel continues to resonate decades after its publication, it is often because it speaks a language far deeper than the era it was born into. The Bell Jar, … Read more
Published in 2015 by Doubleday in the United States and Picador in the United Kingdom, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara quickly became one of the most discussed works of … Read more
The Remains of the Day is a 1989 historical novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro, first published in the UK by Faber and Faber and in the US … Read more
Solenoid is a 2015 literary novel by Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu, translated into English by Sean Cotter and published by Deep Vellum in 2022. It stands as one of the … Read more
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami, first published in 1999 in Japan and translated into English by Philip Gabriel in 2001, is one of the author’s most intimate, melancholic, and mysterious … Read more
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a contemplative novel by Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 2013 and later translated into English by Philip Gabriel in … Read more
South of the Border West of the Sun (Kokkyō no Minami, Taiyō no Nishi) is a poignant novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 1992 … Read more
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is one of Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious and intricately woven novels, first published in Japan in three volumes between 1994 and 1995, later combined and translated … Read more
When Haruki Murakami published 1Q84 in three volumes between 2009 and 2010 in Japan, it quickly became a literary sensation. The English translation, released in 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf … Read more
Kafka on the Shore is a mesmerizing novel by the celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 2002 by Shinchosha and later translated into English by Philip … Read more
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori) is a 1987 literary fiction and romance novel by Haruki Murakami, originally published in Japan by Kodansha. The first English translation was by Alfred … Read more
The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1952 by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York. At just … Read more
Desertion is a critically acclaimed novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing. Gurnah, the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (2021), is celebrated for his profound portrayals … Read more
Afterlives is a 2020 novel by Nobel Prize–winning Tanzanian-born author Abdulrazak Gurnah, published by Bloomsbury. Set against the turbulent backdrop of German colonial East Africa in the early 20th century, … Read more
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah, first published in 1994 by Hamish Hamilton in the UK, stands as one of the most significant works in postcolonial literature. This novel, which earned a … Read more
Arrow of God, written by Chinua Achebe and published in 1964 by Heinemann as part of the African Writers Series, is the third and final instalment of his African Trilogy … Read more
No Longer at Ease, written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe and first published in 1960 by Heinemann, is the second novel in Achebe’s African Trilogy, positioned between Things Fall Apart … Read more
Things Fall Apart, first published on 17 June 1958 by Heinemann, is the debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. The book quickly became a cornerstone of modern African literature, … Read more
Morning and Evening is a poignant novel by Norwegian Nobel Laureate author Jon Fosse, originally published in 2000 as Morgon og kveld and translated into English by Damion Searls in … Read more
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is a South Korean novel that was first published in 2007 and later translated into English by Deborah Smith in 2015. The book quickly garnered … Read more
The Hunger Angel (original title: Der Hungerengel) is a novel written by Herta Müller, a Romanian-born German author and Nobel Laureate in Literature. Published in 2009, it follows the life … Read more
Sandalwood Death (Chinese: 檀香刑), written by Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan in 2001, is a historical novel that combines folk opera, political upheaval, and personal tragedy. The English translation by … Read more
Yellowface is a critically acclaimed 2023 satirical novel by the award-winning Chinese-American author R.F. Kuang, published on May 16, 2023, by HarperCollins. The novel explores themes of plagiarism, racism, cultural … Read more
The Idiot (Идиот), written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. The novel spans 659 pages in its original Russian text and … Read more
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, first published on April 5, 2022 by Doubleday, is a tragicomedy novel set in 1960s Southern California. It is Garmus’s debut novel. Garmus, a … Read more