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A modernist tour de force from an exhilarating new talentAntonio's sister is on the run. Convinced that Antonio is conspiring with Obama, the Pentagon, and now her own neighbours, she's...

48 Lessons on Achieving CalmPut yourself at ease with this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide to reducing anxiety and living worry free by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of ZEN:...

Translated by Alison EntrekinInspired by a real event, this is the story of a woman and a city that were violated.It is 2014. There is euphoria in Brazil, especially in...

Translated by Carlos Rojas The five major religions collide in an exploration of spirituality and gender fluidity in a novel imbued with celebrated Chinese author Yan Lianke's distinctive wit and...

A Sumatran Odyssey Translated by Jennifer LindsayRejection is an epic family drama by Ashadi Siregar set against the turbulent years following Indonesia's independence.The story follows Tondi who as a young...

Translated by Melanie MauthnerFrom the author of the critically acclaimed novel Our Lady of the Nile, a haunting, delicately wrought work of non-fiction, memorialising a lost childhood, community and way...

Translated by Gesche IpsenHow Language Binds and Frees UsWhat happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse.Language opens up our world,...

An electrifying story about the explosive power of secrets, from a celebrated Chinese novelistInfamous local thug Hongyang is found dead by his lover after a night of debauched drinking. Hongyang...

A unique look into the mind of a master storyteller.In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a...

Translated by Adam MorrisBenjamim, a young man on the cusp of fatherhood, discovers a disturbing family secret: before his father was born, his paternal grandfather had a child with Benjamim's...

Translated by Darryl SterkA mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures, from the winner of the Taiwan Literature Award.Chen Tien-Hong, the...

Translated by Ken Liu'This series will soon become a Netflix series... so get in on the ground floor while you still can' EsquireImagine a universe patrolled by numberless and nameless...

Translated by Charlotte Coombe and Isabel AdeyA masterful novel exploring womanhood, class, and tradition in 1950s Colombia.From her home in Paris, Lina recalls the story of three women whose lives...

Translated by Darryl Sterk If the mermaid doesn't swim back to the sea, but instead goes ashore, she will learn to walk on two legs. Perhaps, she will even learn...

Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by the award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa...

How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal LifeCreate an oasis of calm and find what sparks your joy with the first full-colour, beautifully photographed guide from Netflix's Marie...

Translated by Alison WattsSet in Tokyo over the course of one night, Aki and Hiro have decided to be together one last time in their shared flat before parting. Their...

Translated by Arthur Reiji MorrisA powerful novel about the LGBTQ rights movement and gay love in Japan and Taiwan, from the most important queer voice of East Asia's millennial generation.Cho...

A JM Journey Translated from Bengali by Nazes Afroz WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TARAN KHAN, author of Shadow City An intrepid traveller and true cosmopolitan, legendary Bengali writer Syed...

Translated by Luke LeafgrenA master of contemporary Arabic fiction returns to English translation with a cunningly layered dark comedy about the powers and limits of creativity in a war zone.Modern-day...

Foreword by Jack ZipesA delightful collection of modern Chinese tales.The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time...

Translated by An Seon Jae A death, a lie, a secret. For twenty-six summers he didn't have the courage to face the past. Lee Hanjo is an artist at the...

Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd The acclaimed and bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heavenreturns with a blistering, shocking and poetic story about a...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics — irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Territory of Light is the...

Translated by Sam Malissa THEIR MISSION IS MURDER. HIS IS REVENGE. A propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of BULLET TRAIN. SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER...UNTIL HIS...

THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK Published in celebration of BTS's 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS, including unreleased photos, QR codes of videos, and...

Translated by Alison Anderson Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss. Tokyo,...

Translated by Sam Bett The aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of...

Translated by YZ Chin By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace...

Translated by Katrina Dodson A brilliant new translation of the Brazilian modernist epic that aims to capture the country's complex identity. Here at last is an exciting new translation of...

Translated by Ruth Martin 'We don't exist in this world. Here we're neither Germans nor refugees; we aren't newsreaders or experts. We're some kind of joker in the pack, and...

Translated by Polly Barton Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry, goes on trips to...

Translated by Jamie Chang Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is...

Translated by Kendall Heitzmann Tense, subtly disturbing literary horror from a prize-winning Japanese writer — part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella series Under strange circumstances, a young girl loses her...

One woman’s escape from North Korea The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. North Korea is an open-air prison...

Translated by Haydn Trowell Yūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Several days after...

Translated by Clare Richards Vacuum cleaner bitch. When Jina sees this anonymous comment on a forum it forces her out of her stupor. It is posted on a website dissecting...

Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the changing seasons. The uplifting new Japanese cat novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The...

Translated by Sam Taylor Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of Andre Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and the exquisite sense of place...

Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence...

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" — NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. CHINA , 1237 A.D. Genghis Khan is dead, but...

Translated by John Toledo A collection of personal essays about growing up and becoming a father from the landscapes of the Philippine countrysides to the fringes and streetways of Manila...

Translated by Allison Markin Powell A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance. Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one...

Translated by Amy B. Reid The award-winning author Patrice Nganang chronicles the fight for Cameroonian independence through the story of a father’s love for his family and his land and...

Translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies, comes to Picador with an astonishing new collection of short stories,...

Translated by Marie Iida and Allison Markin Powell *THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC — ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* One of Japan's great modern writers, this second half of Lady Joker brings...

Translated from the Chinese by Dylan Levi KingAn unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love, and loss...

Translated by Haydn Trowell A woman turns herself into a forest after long being co-opted to serve as the subject of her husband's novels — this surrealist fable challenges traditional...

Translated from the German by Jon Cho-Polizzi "Set to be one of the best books of 2023" — GQ Magazine "Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" — MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder...

"Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West."...