Books That Travel 2021

This volume brings together the celebrated poet Paul Celan’s multifaceted but comparatively unknown achievements as a writer of prose. ...

This volume brings together the celebrated poet Paul Celan’s multifaceted but comparatively unknown achievements as a writer of prose.

In his final days, an aging botanist realizes that his life’s work of scientific classification has distracted him from the...

In his final days, an aging botanist realizes that his life’s work of scientific classification has distracted him from the hidden secrets of the natural world.

This environmentally conscious picture book, written by acclaimed author and forester Peter Wohlleben, brings the majesty of The Hidden Life...

This environmentally conscious picture book, written by acclaimed author and forester Peter Wohlleben, brings the majesty of The Hidden Life of Trees to the youngest of readers.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 – a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 – a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of transformation in modern Japan.

A literary sonata circling the eternal question of whether beauty, music, and passion are worth the sacrifices some people are...

A literary sonata circling the eternal question of whether beauty, music, and passion are worth the sacrifices some people are compelled to make for them.

Whether in poetry, fiction, radio drama or sound installations, Dischereit's work represents a unique departure in recent European writing. This...

Whether in poetry, fiction, radio drama or sound installations, Dischereit's work represents a unique departure in recent European writing. This is a poetry selection across three decades.

The Aesthetics of Resistance is one of the truly great works of postwar German literature and an essential resource for...

The Aesthetics of Resistance is one of the truly great works of postwar German literature and an essential resource for understanding twentieth-century German history.

From the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led...

From the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of Berlin.

The breakthrough million-copy international bestseller about how to befriend your inner child to find happiness. An essential step-by-step guide. ...

The breakthrough million-copy international bestseller about how to befriend your inner child to find happiness. An essential step-by-step guide.

Best known for his 1932 novel The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth was also a gifted author of short stories and...

Best known for his 1932 novel The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth was also a gifted author of short stories and novellas. This collection of his most essential stories showcases his astonishing range and power.

An epic family saga beginning with the Russian Revolution and swirling across a century, encompassing war, loss, love requited and...

An epic family saga beginning with the Russian Revolution and swirling across a century, encompassing war, loss, love requited and unrequited, ghosts, joy, massacres, tragedy.

Earned critical praise around the world.

A devastating, close-to-the-knuckle satire about the haves and have-nots in our divided world by the author of the international bestseller...

A devastating, close-to-the-knuckle satire about the haves and have-nots in our divided world by the author of the international bestseller Look Who’s Back.

As a young boy in Germany before World War I, Pahroc discovers that he has special abilities. He is a...

As a young boy in Germany before World War I, Pahroc discovers that he has special abilities. He is a sorcerer. Now, at 106, he is recounting his life for his infant granddaughter, his only descendant with talents like his own.

A thrilling day-by-day account of the final months of the Weimar Republic, documenting the collapse of democracy in Germany and...

A thrilling day-by-day account of the final months of the Weimar Republic, documenting the collapse of democracy in Germany and Hitler’s frightening rise to power.

A journey of discovery through the nocturnal forest. Svenja Herrmann’s beautifully written story is complemented by magical illustrations from Józef...

A journey of discovery through the nocturnal forest. Svenja Herrmann’s beautifully written story is complemented by magical illustrations from Józef Wilkon.

Selected by Kafka biographer and scholar Reiner Stach these seventy-four marvels by Franz Kafka were long forgotten or overlooked. A...

Selected by Kafka biographer and scholar Reiner Stach these seventy-four marvels by Franz Kafka were long forgotten or overlooked. A windfall for every reader of German literature.

What do you do when your best friend moves away? Clara takes comfort in her favourite place: Mrs Owl’s bookshop....

What do you do when your best friend moves away? Clara takes comfort in her favourite place: Mrs Owl’s bookshop. Surrounded by books that spring to life, a rhyming cat and mounds of cinnamon buns, Clara never feels alone.

Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and synagogues destroyed. The Passenger is an indelible portrait of a man...

Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and synagogues destroyed. The Passenger is an indelible portrait of a man and a society careening out of control.

The Piano Student depicts an affair between one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated pianists, Vladimir Horowitz, and his young...

The Piano Student depicts an affair between one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated pianists, Vladimir Horowitz, and his young male student, Nico Kaufmann, in the late 1930s.

Peter Stamm exposes a fundamental human yearning: to beat life's mysteries by forcing answers on questions that have yet to...

Peter Stamm exposes a fundamental human yearning: to beat life's mysteries by forcing answers on questions that have yet to be fully asked.