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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

July 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

Reading around the world this month features new releases and updated classics, taking in folklore, international fantasy, dark comedy and biography. An interior designer stumbles into a medieval parallel world; David Bowie finds reinvention in […]

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And How Have You Been? Maria Judite de Carvalho Review

June 19, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

If the title of this book by Maria Judite de Carvalho calls for an answer, it has to be, ‘As a woman, I’ve been frustrated, puzzled by the way life passes me by, with no-one, […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

March 22, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month come from France and the Congo, Iran, Suriname and the Netherlands, India, Spain. Ève Guerra, Shahnrush Parsipur, Astrid Roemer, Vivek Shanbhag and Sara Torres […]

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Zombie Proust Jérôme Prieur Review

December 16, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Marcel Proust may have died over a century ago, but his legacy endures. Readers are still captivated by the way À la recherche du Temps Perdu redefined modern literature; by how Proust shows the drama […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

November 18, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Greetings readers! Here are Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world to keep your mind sharp, your perspective fresh and to remind us all why cultural literacy matters more than ever. […]

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In Farthest Seas Lalla Romano Review

October 30, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

In Farthest Seas by Lalla Romano, tr. Brian Robert Moore, is published by Pushkin Press. “For me, to write has always been to pluck from the dense and complex fabric of life, some image, from […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

October 17, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

We’re relaunching Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world for curious readers looking for something a little different. We recommend a selection of books new in translation, listed alphabetically by author, […]

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A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare BookBlast® Book Club Podcast

January 6, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A Dictator Calls is based around Stalin’s alleged three-minute telephone call to Boris Pasternak in 1934. Who better than Kadare to write about it, given how he navigated the oppressive environment of communist Albania under […]