With "Habitus", Swiss journalist and musician Waseem Hussain skilfully catapults himself into the higher echelons of literary writing, tackling a topic as old as humanity itself

"Nordstream: How Germany is paying for Putin's war" reveals how former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is the main, though far from the only, architect of the biggest and most consequential corruption scandal since World War II

Jhak Valcourt's collection of poems "Cuando callan los ríos" (When the rivers fall silent) not only highlights the identity crisis of the lyric self, but is an important contribution to the genre of new social poetry

Lyndal Roper's work "Summer of Fire and Blood", published to mark the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants' War, not only convincingly recounts the past, but also touches on questions that are equally relevant today

The fifth instalment in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series - the prequel "Sunrise on the Reaping" - may contain some repetition, but it is still a valuable contribution to New Adult literature in politically challenging times

In her novel "Grandmothers", Melara Mvogdobo distills two life stories from different cultures into a literary coup d'état. It would be hard to write about female empowerment more tenderly or brutally

Colm Tóibín's poetry collection "Vinegar Hill" serves well the reader with a passion for poetry, and reflects man in all his complexity

Explosion of a cry too long stifled - A deep reading of Ronny Ramírez's early poems and the search for the poetic self

"Zwei weibliche Halbakte" (Two female semi-nudes), Luz's graphic novel, is as moving as it is graphically incisive

Gilles Kepel, perhaps the most renowned French expert on the Middle East, published an updated edition of his book on the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023 and its aftermath

"Cave 72", Fann Attiki's political satire about life and death in Brazzaville is also a disturbing and universally relevant portrait of a society held hostage by populism and dictatorship.

In her coming-of-age novel "The Age of Umbrage", Jessica Zafra creates a gripping portrait of Philippine society under the Marcos regime that is frighteningly contemporary - and also universal