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The Deserters by Mathias Enard, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell (International Booker Prize 2026) “…the trace of violence is never easily erased.”

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken (International Booker Prize 2026)

Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King (International Booker Prize 2026)

The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from the Dutch by David McKay (International Booker Prize 2026)

Anticipating The International Booker Prize 2026

Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami (“It’s only because I have you guys that I can do any of this.”)

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (“Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone’s savior.”)

Sunday Salon: Life is Sometimes Stranger Than Fiction

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (Part Two) “He stood gazing at his own coldness, so to speak.”

On The Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle (“I want to escape this day, but there is no escaping.”)