Erased by Bernard Minier (2024) Not available in English . French title Les Effacées The Black Cats Bookshop by Piergiorgio Pulixi (2023) Not available in English. French title: La librairie des chats noirs. Translated by Anatole Pons-Reumaux. Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (1992) French title: Blanche se fait la malle. Translated by Laure Du Breuil.

In this final festive wind up before Christmas, I look at books read and reviewed, announce next year’s Japanese Literature Challenge and Speccy Fiction Challenge, discover some of the best writing…

Fifteen years ago today. That’s when I started blogging. Two posts on 20th December 2010 which, to be fair, didn’t say an awful lot apart from why I was trying to start a blog. Since then, there ha…

Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box (2004) French title: Sanglants trophées. Dry Bones by Craig Johnson (2015) French title: Dry Bones. Translated by Sophie Aslanides The Katharina Code by Jørn Lier Horst (2017) French title: Le code de Katharina. Translated by Céline Romand-Monnier The last few weeks have been a permanent rush with little extra-time to read books that require focused brain cells or read other blogs.

Cette proposition concerne les ressortissants de pays bénéficiant du programme d’exemption de visa, notamment la France, l’Australie, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne, Israël, le Japon, ou encore la Corée ...

The Cormorants by Edouard Jousselin (2020) Not available in English The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2021) French title: La Bibliothèque de minuit. Cobrastar by Thomas Bois (2021) Not available i…

The Cormorants by Edouard Jousselin (2020) Not available in English The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2021) French title: La Bibliothèque de minuit. Cobrastar by Thomas Bois (2021) Not available in English Critique de l’anxiété pure by Fred Vargas (2003) Not available in English The Devil to Pay in the Backlands by Joao Guimarães Rosa (1956) French title: Diadorim. Translated by Maryvonne Lapouge-Pettorelli.

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This week, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Non-Fiction 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversar…

The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (2016) Not available in French. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (2023) French title: Misogynie. Wanted by Philippe Claudel. (2025) Not available in English. Two …

The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (2016) Not available in French. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (2023) French title: Misogynie. Wanted by Philippe Claudel. (2025) Not available in English. Two Old Women by Velda Wallis (1993) French title: Seules dans le Grand Nord. Translated by Françoise Torchiana. Illustrated by Christophe Chabouté. It’s the end of the month and I’m still on time to post this billet about four novellas I read this week.

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A Catherine Wheel, so named for the 4th century saint who refused to renounce her religious belief, was a form of torture used for execution used as recently as the 19th century, but it’s als…

As part of my ongoing Tove Trove project, I have collated a selection of links to interesting Tovian websites, articles, artworks and other related English-language information sources. Keep poppin…

Benigna Machiavelli by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1914) French title: Benigna Machiavelli. Translated by Pascale Voilley. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos (1925) French title: Les hommes préfè…

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) Graphic novel by Rébecca Dautremer (2022) based on the translation by Maurice-Edgar Coindreau. Oddly, I’d never read Of Mice and Men, even if I’m fond of St…

15 gagnants remporteront chacun la Bibliothèque Mystère Kube contenant 100 livres coups de cœur. 100 pépites qui seront peut-être entre vos mains juste avant Noël : le rêve pour finir l’année en beaut...

A Child of Our Time by Ödön von Horváth. (1938) French title: Un fils de notre temps. Translated by Rémy Lambrechts. Ödön von Horváth (1901-1938) was a Hungarian writer who wrote in German and died…