Category Archives: Books

Nine books finished this month, five by women/POC and five in German, for a total of 66 for the half-year (124 for the year). Starting with the short stories, I bought The Miracle Shed some time in the 90s, was … Continue reading →

Ten books finished this month, five by women/POC, and eight in German thanks to #GermanLitMonth! Momo — Michael Ende Das Archiv der Gefühle — Peter Stamm Die Haarteppichknüpfer — Andreas Eschbach Der Trip — Nozomi Horibe tr. Gregor Suchan Dimple … Continue reading →

Ten books finished this month, all by women/POC thanks to Black History Month! Despite the British/Irish timing of BHM, the main focus was on German Black history. Contrapunctus — Michael Götting Gesammeltes Schweigen — Heinrich Böll and Sharon Dodua Otoo … Continue reading →

13 books finished this month, 11 of them from my Asian reading month; that helped me get to 12 by women/POC, with the usual 4 in German. Happy Stories, Mostly — Norman Erikson Pasaribu tr. Tiffany Tsao Frösche — Mo … Continue reading →

I finished a holiday-boosted 14 books in August; 12 of those by women/POC, thanks to Women in Translation month (which turns out to mean non-men writing in non-English, even if that’s not so catchy). The Trap — Dorothy M. Richardson … Continue reading →

Ten books finished this month, six by women and four in German, so on target so far! Hurricane Season — Fernanda Melchor tr. Sophie Hughes Annette, Ein Heldinnen-Epos — Anne Weber The Testaments — Margaret Atwood Automaton — Berit Glanz … Continue reading →

Eleven books finished this month, six by women/POC, and an unexpectedly successful five in German. That makes a respectable 58 for the first half of the year. Der andere Name (Heptalogie I – II) — Jon Fosse tr. Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel … Continue reading →

Nine books finished this month, six by women/POC, and two in German (made up for by the extra one last month). Identitti — Mithu Sanyal The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s — Brian Aldiss England and Other Stories — Graham … Continue reading →

Ten books finished this month, 6 by women/POC and four in German. Romance-language translations and genetic engineering emerged as my themes of the month. A Manual for Cleaning Women — Lucia Berlin Meine geniale Freundin — Elena Ferrante tr. Karin … Continue reading →

Twelve books finished this month, including my target three in German and seven of the twelve by women/POC. Birds in London — W. H. Hudson Kaltenburg — Marcel Beyer Selbs Mord — Bernhard Schlink Cottbus: Geschichten und Anekdoten — Helmut … Continue reading →