"Wandering Stars", the new novel by Tommy Orange, is a gripping Native American family epic of volcanic force

In "The Raven Who Loved Me", Sudanese Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin transforms a migrant's deadly journey into a comedy - a courageous and well-executed feat

In "About Leo Perutz", Daniel Kehlmann enthuses about this forgotten writer and shows why his novels are still worth reading decades after their publication

Barbara Zeman's "Betelgeuse" is an original work of linguistic art and an elixir for the heart, mind and all the senses

Macedonian Vlado Janevski shows in his new novel "Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe" the truth within the truth or the novel within the novel - an amazing endeavour

Álvaro Enrigue’s „You Dreamed Of Empires“ takes a complex and vivid look on the first step of the Spanish colonisation of what was then Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City

"Worlds of Slavery - A Comparative History" was published in 2021 by Éditions du Seuil in France. It covers the history of slavery from the end of the Bronze Age to the present day. An essential read.

Ron Rash's modern version of Romeo and Juliet, "The Caretaker", about an America in the time of the Korean War, shows both tenderly and mercilessly that the present-day divisions in the USA have always been there

Alexander Kielland Krag's book for young people "Nur ein wenig Angst" (Just a little fear) deals with an important topic with which those affected can easily identify - but there’s scope for a little more daring