Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism—Tokarczuk does all three at once.
20 books
Mostly novels that do something unexpected with form or voice. Primarily from small presses, often slim, often in translation.
By Olga Tokarczuk
An eerie murder mystery, dark feminist comedy, and a refreshing take on vegetarianism—Tokarczuk does all three at once.
By Natalia Ginzburg
A compact book, brilliantly subdued in its anger.
By Mieko Kawakami
Fuyuko prefers the company of fictional characters to real people. Kawakami makes that feel like the most natural thing in the world.
By Andrey Kurkov
One beekeeper, two streets, and a village caught between two armies—Kurkov finds warmth in the smallest of places.