Genre: Literary Fiction (241 Listed volumes)
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Damon Galgut
The Promise
WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the family’s Black maid. This promise will divide the family—especially her children: Anton, the golden boy; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and... -
Lola Lafon
Reeling
Award-winning author, Lola Lafon continues her exploration of the psyches of young girls–their fragility, their resilience. Fontenay, a Parisian suburb, 1984. Cléo is 12 when her parents prod her into taking ballet classes. She drops out after a long year of feeling lost, not classy... -
Sandrine Collette
The Forests
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD Winner of the 2020 Grand Prix RTL-Lire, a powerful novel about a man’s desperate quest to bring new life to a desolate world. Nobody wanted Corentin. Not his father, who flees as soon he can, nor the women in the village, only preoccupied... -
Jérôme Ferrari
In His Own Image
From Goncourt Prize-winning author Jérôme Ferrari, a bewitching story of passion, death, and love, and a powerful reflection on the ambiguous relationship between art and reality Born in a small town in Corsican countryside, Antonia grows up in a place of deeply-rooted traditions and... -
Elena Ferrante
The Lost Daughter
From the author of The Days of Abandonment and Troubling Love, comes a riveting story of loss, motherhood, home, and womanhood. -
Fiona Snyckers
Lacuna
“Snyckers brings Lucy to life, warts and all, in a novel that is at turns exasperating, poignant, and unexpectedly funny. Fans of Disgrace will enjoy reading this clever and wry response.”— Jane Voster, Drum Magazine -
Santiago Gamboa
The Night Will Be Long
The newest novel from one of Colombia’s most distinguished and beloved writers is a gripping thriller about corruption deep within the foundations of the Churches in Latin America. When a horribly violent confrontation occurs outside of Cauca, Colombia, only a young boy is around to... -
Domenico Starnone
Trust
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2021 Following the international success of Ties and the National Book Award-shortlisted Trick, Domenico Starnone gives readers another searing portrait of human relationships and human folly. Pietro and Teresa’s love affair is tempestuous... -
Domenico Starnone
Trust
Read by Fabio Tassone and Jeanne Sakata A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2021 Following the international success of Ties and the National Book Award-shortlisted Trick, Domenico Starnone gives readers another searing portrait of human relationships and human folly. Pietro... -
Bénédicte Belpois
Suiza
How transformative can love actually be? Across the Galician countryside, where there are just as many rain-soaked days as not, villagers face hardships armed with hope and solidarity. Tomás is a successful farmer in this small village, but he’s not happy. His days are busy with work.