2021 Around the Year (ATY) Reading Challenge - hosted by leahb243

A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/2020_warwick_prize/
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The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop

Hiromi Kawakami

229 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
This Winter by Alice Oseman

This Winter

Solitaire #0.5

Alice Oseman

102 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional fast-paced
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

197 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Hotel Silence

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

214 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili

The Eighth Life (for Brilka)

Nino Haratischwili

1258 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother by Sonia Nazario

Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother

Sonia Nazario

273 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness by Yuki Fumino

I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness

I Hear the Sunspot [ひだまりが聴こえる] #2

Yuki Fumino

306 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

136 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk

416 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced