Japanese, Chinese, Korean & Other Literature Books

In Norway’s frozen north, it’s not just secrets that are buried. When nineteen-year-old Iselin Hanssen disappears during a run in a popular hiking area in Bodø, Northern Norway, suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend.For investigator...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018.Shakespeare’s dark and tragic play retold in a heart-pounding New York Times bestselling thriller from the author of The Snowman and The Thirst. Set in the 1970s in a...

From “a novelist at the height of his powers,” a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the “glorious years” of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (La Croix). It is 1952...

Beyond Mars, beyond physical form, beyond human understanding…what’s left is the absolute Martian Manhunter! Brought into the Absolute Universe by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter reinvents the...

Four obsessed women kidnap a K-Pop idol with unexpected and devastating results in this chilling, thought-provoking literary thriller that blends the dark impulsions of Butter with the ratcheting tension of Stephen King's Misery. Four...

In the aftermath of a national disaster, a couple look back on their marriage and what it cost them in this groundbreaking novel about capitalism’s effect on the human heart. *Guardian best translated fiction of 2025* 'Buzzes with...

From the author of Killing Moon and Blood Ties comes another gripping crime story. A serial killer, a suspended police officer and a self-proclaimed crime writer collide in a chilling exploration of the murderer’s mind.From...

In this Indian modern classic, roofs are a special place; they are meant for wild things, for romance and for play. They are realms of freedom—freedom from the male gaze, sexual freedom, and freedom from society. Chachcho and Lalna use their roofs...

A tender tale centered on a pet store that temporarily loans out cats for a myriad of ailments, from marriage to loneliness to grief and more. Heartwarming, cozy and hopeful, The Blanket Cats is a remedy for life's messiness. "Utterly...

This dark twist on Christopher Marlowe’s classic play Doctor Faustus is a cautionary tale about the price of success and the moral dilemma that follows. London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all...

An Austrian housewife sits in her loft intent on her drawings of birds and insects. Then one day a disturbing package arrives in the post... The narrator of this story spends her free time in her loft. It is a retreat where she can draw undisturbed. It...

“Astonishingly beautiful . . . It’s a revelation.”—Jenny Offill, New York Times bestselling author of Weather. From the National Book Award-winning translator, an atmospheric and wise debut novel of a young...

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a masterful novel about loss and memory in the aftermath of a horrifying ecological disaster.   In the summer of 2020, as Europe is beginning to open back up after the first phase of the pandemic, a young Japanese...

Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes in this darkly compelling tale, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Day. In tired, hot Paris at the end of August, a group of friends, who’d rather still be at the sea, meet for a dinner in one...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. ‘I’m not the sort of husband you dream of when you’re walking alone along the avenue in the evening, am I? And it would be a disaster, wouldn’t it?’ How does love die?...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. Best known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and traditions of his youth. Selected here...

From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, where those who open the wrong door might...

From French literary talent and Prix Goncourt winner Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a “sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story” (The New York Times) following a dwarf and skilled sculptor as he recounts the moments in his life that inspired his...

Discover Frankie, the international fur-nomenon—a gem of a book about two misfits who form the unlikeliest friendship.Meet Frankie the cat. He’s a scrappy stray who belongs to no one, and that’s just how he likes it.Until one day,...

Stepping out into the dusk of a warm Moscow evening, esteemed art critic Anatoly Sukhanov feels on top of the world: his career is glittering, his wife is beautiful and his children are clever. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with change...