Genre: Literary Fiction (244 Listed volumes)
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Jérôme Ferrari
The Principle
Beguiled by the figure of German physicist Werner Heisenberg, who disrupted the assumptions of quantum mechanics with his notorious Uncertainty Principle, earning him the Nobel Prize in physics in 1932, a young, disenchanted philosopher attempts to right his own intellectual and emotional course and... -
Boualem Sansal
2084: The End of the World
A tribute to George Orwell's 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of a near future in which religious extremists have established an oppressive caliphate where autonomus thought is forbidden. -
Aura Xilonen
The Gringo Champion
This is a migrants' story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and finally, love told in a sparkling, innovative prose. It's Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and a story of migration and hope that is as topical as it is timeless. -
Andrew Miller
The Crossing
Andrew Miller's The Crossing is a fascinating modern tale of a brave and uncompromising woman's attempt to seize control of her life and fate. -
Jane Gardam
The Stories of Jane Gardam
This definitive collection, which brings together the best short works from throughout her remarkable career, showcases Gardam’s versatility and imagination as well as her richly developed sense of observation -
Parisa Reza
The Gardens of Consolation
Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Iran, Parisa Reza has written a powerful love story filled with scenes of hope and heartbreak. -
Elena Ferrante
Frantumaglia
In this collection of writings Elena Ferrante addresses her unwavering decision to remain anonymous, her literary inspirations, Italian politics and culture, and the role of the writer (and the publisher) in modern society. -
Canek Sánchez Guevara
33 Revolutions
33 Revolutions is a candid and moving story about the disappointments of a generation that believed in the ideals of the Castro Revolution. It is a unique look into the lives of ordinary people in Cuba over the past five decades and a stylish work of fiction about a young man's awakening. -
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
The Carousel of Desire
Celebrated short-story writer, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's ( The Most Beautiful Book in the World) first full-length novel to appear in English is a literary tour de force, a magnificent cathedral of contemporary eroticism. -
Alexander Maksik
Shelter in Place
Set in the Pacific Northwest in the jittery, jacked-up early 1990s, Shelter in Place, by one of America’s most thrillingly defiant contemporary authors, is a stylish literary novel about the hereditary nature of mental illness, the fleeting intensity of youth, the obligations of family, and...