Category Archives: Books

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 →

Another eight books finished this month, five by Women/POC. Alte Sorten — Ewald Arenz The Books of Jacob — Olga Tokarczuk Sieben leere Häuser — Samanta Schweblin Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? — Lev Parikian In Morningstar’s Shadow — Aliette … Continue reading →

I finished eight books this month, five by women/POC and three in German, so just about on schedule. Most reading time has actually gone into the staggeringly brilliant Books of Jacob, but finishing that’s for another month. Streulicht — Deniz … Continue reading →

My latest completed book (or rather volume one of two) for pgdp is Aspects of Nature, by Alexander von Humboldt. This is a rather odd one, consisting of three papers by Humboldt, together with his own supplemental notes to each, … Continue reading →