Immerse yourself in literature from around the world with international fiction from our collection.
Try some recently translated titles from exciting new voices such as Boulder by Eva Baltasar, The picture bride by Lee Geum-yi and Time shelter by Georgi Gospodinov. Or, be transported to another place by Nagaland: a love story for modern India by Ben Doherty, The beekeeper of Aleppo* by Kristy Lefteri and The island of sea women* by Lisa See, or the classic Midnight's children* by Salman Rushdie. Chose a title from our list or ask staff for help finding your nest great read.
International fiction
- A passage north* by Anuk Arudpragasam (Sri Lankan)
- When we were birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Trinidadian)
- Mister N by Najwa Barakat (Arabic)
- Boulder by Eva Baltasar (Catalan)
- Little family by Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone)
- Moloka'i* by Alan Brennert (Hawa'ii)
- The lovers by Paolo Cognetti (Italian)
- Euphoria* by Elin Cullhed (Swedish)
- Nagaland: a love story for modern India by Ben Doherty (Indian)
- Garden of evening mists* by Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)
- Our share of night by Mariana Enriquez (Argentinian)
- The picture bride by Lee Geum-yi (Korean)
- The glass palace by Amitav Ghosh (Burmese)
- Time shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgarian)
- More than I love my life by David Grossman (Hebrew)
- Gravel heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzanian)
- My soul twin* by Nino Haratischvili (Georgian)
- Our happy days by Julia Holbe (French)
- Grey bees by Andrey Kurkov (Russian)
- Beauty is a wound* by Eka Kurniawan (Indonesian)
- The beekeeper of Aleppo* by Kristy Lefteri (Syrian)
- The colony of good hope by Kim Leine (Danish)
- The mountains sing by Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai (Vietnam)
- Constellation of vital phenomena by Anthony Marra (Chechnya)
- Paradais* by Fernanda Melchor (Mexican)
- Pyre by Pemural Murugan (Tamil)
- The fishermen* by Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria)
- Vagabonds by Eloghosa Osunde (Nigeria)
- Grand Hotel Europa* by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (Dutch)
- Sadness in a white bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher (Israeli)
- Midnight's children* by Salman Rushdie (Indian)
- Phenotypes by Paolo Scott (Portuguese)
- The island of sea women* by Lisa See (Korea)
- The island of missing trees* by Elif Shafak (Cyprus)
- Tomb of sand by Geetanjali Shree (Hindi)
- Red milk by Sjón (Icelandic)
- Bolla by Pajtim Statovci (Finnish)
- Bangkok wakes to rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad (Thailand)
- At the breakfast table* by Defne Suman (Turkish)
- The books of Jacob* by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish)
- Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (Spanish)
- Dead-end memories by Banana Yoshimoto (Japanese)
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