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THE RAINFALL MARKET by You Yeong-Gwang
Translated by Slin Jung
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A MAN WITH NO TITLE by Xavier Le Clerc
Translated by William Rodarmor
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TOKYO EXPRESS by Seichō Mastsumoto
Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
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HUNTER SCHOOL by Sakinu Ahronglong
Translated by Darryl Sterk
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THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM by Ricardo Romero
Translated by Charlotte Coombe
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December 2024

A VIEW FROM ATOP THE ANTHILL: Vol. 3
The Best Novellas of 2024
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WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE by Sophie Kinsella
The silly season is well and truly upon us again so, keeping with tradition, I’m leaning into it with a book I’d never otherwise read but might just…
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ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME (BOOK 1) by Solvej Balle
Translated by Barbara Haveland
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ROSARITA by Anita Desai
Uncommon as they are, second person narratives have an incomparable tendency to destabilise your reading experience.
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KILLING TIME by Alan Bennett
Over a career that has spanned longer than most of us can expect to live, Alan Bennett has forged a quintessentially English niche.
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THE LAWS OF THE SKIES by Grégoire Courtois
Translated by Rhonda Mullins
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD by Gunnar Gunnarssohn
Translated by Kenneth C. Kaufman
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