As the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, more and more of Annie Ernaux’s books are now being translated into English. Known for her deeply moving and sociological memoir writing, The Years is arguably the French writer’s most well-known book and follows her life between 1941 and 2006.

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A story centred on friendship, the anxiety of coming of age and the importance of human connection, Lonely Castle In The Mirror follows seven teenagers who find that their bedroom mirrors have become portals to another world. This book was a number one Japanese bestseller for Mizuki Tsujimura and fuses fairy tales and reality in an unexpected but brilliant way.

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If you’re looking for a book on the shorter side, Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman – another novel originally published in Japanese – is definitely one to add to your TBR list. It follows Keiko, a 36-year-old woman who’s never had a boyfriend and has been working in the same supermarket for 18 years. As she deals with pressure from her friends and family to ‘settle down’, Keiko just keeps coming back to the world of the convenience store.

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Set against the backdrop of the Algerian civil war, Chaos Of The Senses follows Hayat as she finds solace in writing while trying to escape a loveless marriage. But the line between fiction and reality starts to blur when she meets a man who seems to have walked straight out of her writing. Surrounded by so much political unrest, Hayat embarks upon this forbidden love – but for how long?

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Known for her feminist classic The Second Sex, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir also dipped into the world of fiction with The Inseparables. Based on a real-life friendship, Andrée and Sylvie become close at school, creating their own world where they talk for hours about war, equality and justice. But as the girls get older, societal pressures begin to threaten their relationship.

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A collection of short stories by an acclaimed South Korean writer, this one is not for the faint-hearted. Blending magical realism with the bizarre and gruesome, Cursed Bunny (which was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize) sets out to address the horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society.

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A story of love, passion and duty by the Catalan poet and writer Eva Baltasar, Boulder was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize this year and focuses on the relationship between two women, Samsa and Boulder. The book charts their relationship as they move to Reykjavik together, where Samsa decides she wants to have a child. Boulder is not only written beautifully but also delves into conversations around motherhood, freedom and how far we would go for love.

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Set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, this novel follows the story of three sisters as they navigate their unhappy marriages. Through the prism of one family, Alharthi brilliantly maps out Oman’s wider and complicated evolution as a nation redefining itself after decades of colonisation.

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Lovers of crime fiction and murder mysteries, this one’s for you. By Argentine novelist Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows is the story of a mother – Elena – dealing with Parkinson’s, who refuses to accept the official ruling that her daughter Rita died by suicide. Determined to find the culprit behind Rita’s death, Elena is prepared to go to great lengths to find out what happened to her daughter. It’s a novel that unveils more than just the secrets of its characters.

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Fernanda Melchor’s first novel to appear in English, Hurricane Season is a portrayal of the demons of contemporary Mexico, focusing on the village of La Matosa as a group of children discover a corpse in the canals. Set against a backdrop of poverty, violence and misogyny, rumours start to circulate the village, with everyone wondering how and why this murder happened.

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An international bestseller translated from German, The Little Paris Bookshop follows Jean Perdu, who runs a bookshop with a twist: he possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he can’t seem to cure is himself, having nursed a broken heart for over 20 years – until a new neighbour inspires Jean to change his life.

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