10 Best Books in Translation of 2021

m kakami is my favorite Japanese author and last year in 2020 she wrote my favorite book of the Year breasts and eggs

even if they weren't brick makers is still a very intense powerful exciting thrilling horrible novel and I adore it

curse bunny is a stunning collection and I urge everyone to go out and read it now if you haven't already

the way that kawakami is exploring the very nature of bullying is so fascinating and giving attention to the bullied and the bullies and as someone who's bullied in school it hit me really hard it made me cry

I really enjoyed this book I really enjoyed how short it was it's a slender little thing and it brilliantly twists the murder mystery idea

love in the big city is a snapshot of a young man's life a young gay man growing up in Soul and it's full of brightness and vitality but also difficult moments and sadness it's life it really is life it is about love in the big city and life in the big city and it's stunning

magma is tough it is a very raw and angry feminist novel and I loved it for that reason alone but I also loved it just for how cleverly it explores the relationships between women and the toxic men in their lives

it's a very sad book but it's also a very happy book it is truly Bittersweet and it has really stayed with me

the dangers of smoking in bed is a collection of strange Gothic stories about ghosts and witches and folklore and curses and Superstition it's a lot of fun

I love the stories in this collection so much it is my favorite short Story collection of this year although I have to be honest this and curs Bunny really do kind of overlap but I think this one just about wins out it's beautifully written it is full of heart and soul and love and friendship and family

whisper is a horror novel it is gruesome and terrifying and twisted and strange and I loved every second of it