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Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

Where the Wild Ladies Are
Aoko Matsuda with Polly Barton (Translator)

254 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy literary short stories funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Where the Wild Ladies Are

Aoko Matsuda with Polly Barton (Translator)

254 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy literary short stories funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Folding Beijing
Hao Jingfang

49 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced

Folding Beijing

Hao Jingfang

49 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez with Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

417 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez with Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

417 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced

The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa with Stephen Snyder (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced

Mao, Vol. 1
Mao #1

Rumiko Takahashi

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Mao, Vol. 1

Mao #1

Rumiko Takahashi

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Hybrid Child
Mariko Ōhara with Jodie Beck (Translator)

304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

Hybrid Child

Mariko Ōhara with Jodie Beck (Translator)

304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Of Ants and Dinosaurs
Cixin Liu with Elizabeth Hanlon (Translator)

256 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Of Ants and Dinosaurs

Cixin Liu with Elizabeth Hanlon (Translator)

256 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young

I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories
Kim Bo-young with Sung Ryu (Translator), Sophie Bowman (Translator)

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories

Kim Bo-young with Sung Ryu (Translator), Sophie Bowman (Translator)

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Fever Dream
Samanta Schweblin with Megan McDowell (Translator)

183 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin with Megan McDowell (Translator)

183 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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