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Authors - A:

• (Anonymous): An Alexandrian World Chronicle (-)
• (Anonymous): Master Incapable (-)
• (Anonymous): Simhāsana Dvātriṃśikā: Thirty-Two Tales of the Throne of Vikramaditya (B+)
• (Anonymous): Solomon and Marcolf (-)
• (Anonymous): The Story of Hong Gildong (A-)
• (Anonymous): The Tale of Cho Ung (B)
• (Anonymous): The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman (B+)
• (Anonymous): The Tales of Ise (B+)
• (Anonymous): Top Graduate Zhang Xie (B+)
  
  
• A Yi: A Perfect Crime (B+)
• ABAD, Héctor: The Joy of Being Awake (B)
• ABANI, Chris: Becoming Abigail (B+)
• ABATZOGLOU, Petros: What does Mrs. Freeman Want ? (B)
• ABDEL AZIZ, Basma: The Queue (B)
• ABDOLAH, Kader:
  • The King (B)
  • My Father's Notebook (B+)
• ABDUL-WALI, Mohammad: They Die Strangers (B+)
• ABE Kazushige:
  • Mysterious Setting (B+)
  • Nipponia Nippon (B+)
• ABE Kobo: The Face of Another (B+)
• ABISH, Walter:
  • Alphabetical Africa (A-)
  • Double Vision (B+)
  • 99: The New Meaning (C)
• ABOUZEID, Leila: The Last Chapter (B)
• ABSE, Dannie: The Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds and Dr. Glas (B+)
• ABU'L-FAZL: The History of Akbar (I) (-)
• ACHEBE, Chinua:
  • The Education of a British-Protected Child (B)
  • Home and Exile (B)
  • Morning Yet on Creation Day (B)
  • See also: Conversations with Chinua Achebe (B)
• ACKROYD, Peter:
  • Chaucer (B-)
  • The Clerkenwell Tales (B)
  • Milton in America (A)
  • The Plato Papers (A-)
• ACOCELLA, Joan: Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism (B+)
• ADAIR, Gilbert:
  • The Act of Roger Murgatroyd (B)
  • And Then There Was No One (B+)
  • [Buenas Noches, Buenos Aires]
  • A Closed Book (B+)
  • The Death of the Author (A)
  • The Holy Innocents (a.k.a. The Dreamers) (B+)
  • [The Key of the Tower]
  • Love and Death on Long Island (A-)
  • A Mysterious Affair of Style (B+)
  • The Real Tadzio (B+)
• ADAM, Olivier:
  • Cliffs (B+)
  • Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas (B+)
• ADAMASHVILI, Beka:
  • Bestseller (B)
  • Everybody Dies in this Novel (B)
• ADAMS, Colin: Zombies and Calculus (B)
• ADÁN, Martín: The Cardboard House (B)
• ADIGA, Aravind:
  • [Between the Assassinations]
  • [Last Man in Tower]
  • The White Tiger (B-)
• ADIMI, Kaouther: Our Riches (UK title: A Bookshop in Algiers) (B)
• ADKINS, Lesley and Roy: The Keys of Egypt (B)
• ADLER, Laure: A Long Saturday (B) (with George Steiner)
• ADLER-OLSEN, Jussi:
  • Disgrace (US title: The Absent One) (B)
  • Mercy (US title: The Keeper of Lost Causes) (B+)
  • Redemption (US title: A Conspiracy of Faith) (B)
• ADNAN, Yassin: Hot Maroc (B)
• ADOLPHSEN, Peter:
  • Brummstein (B+)
  • Machine (B+)
• ADORJÁN, Johanna: An Exclusive Love (B+)
• AËTIUS: Placita (-)
• AGNON, S.Y.: To this Day (B)
• AGOLLI, Dritëro: Shkëlqimi dhe rënia e shokut Zylo (B+)
• AGUALUSA, José Eduardo:
  • The Book of Chameleons (B+)
  • A General Theory of Oblivion (B+)
  • The Society of Reluctant Dreamers (B+)
• AGUILAR CAMÍN, Héctor: Death in Veracruz (B)
• AGUILERA MALTA, Demetrio: Babelandia (B+)
• al-AHDAL, Wajdi: A Land without Jasmine (B)
• AHMADZADEH, Habib: A City under Siege (B)
• AHMED, K. Anis: The World in my Hands (B)
• AHMET Midhat Efendi: Felâtun Bey and Râkım Efendi (B+)
• AHTESHAM, Manzoor: The Tale of the Missing Man (B)
• AI Weiwei: Weiwei-isms (-)
• AICHNER, Bernhard: Woman of the Dead (B)
• AICKMAN, Robert: Go Back at Once (B+)
• AIDOO, Ama Ata:
  • Anowa (B)
  • The Dilemma of a Ghost (B-)
  • Our Sister Killjoy (B+)
• AIDT, Naja Marie: Rock, Paper, Scissors (B+)
• AIRA, César:
  • An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (B+)
  • Artforum (B)
  • The Famous Magician (B)
  • Festival (B)
  • Game of the Worlds (B)
  • Ghosts (B)
  • How I became a Nun (A-)
  • The Literary Conference (B+)
  • The Little Buddhist Monk (B+)
  • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira (B)
  • The Proof (B+)
  • The Seamstress and the Wind (B)
  • Varamo (A-)
• AJAR, Émile: Hocus Bogus (B)
• AJIDARMA, Seno Gumira: Jazz, Perfume and the Incident (B+)
• AJNEYA: To Each his Stranger (B)
• AJVAZ, Michal:
  • Empty Streets (B+)
  • The Golden Age (A-)
  • The Other City (B-)
• AKASAKA Mari: Vibrator (B)
• AKHVLEDIANI, Erlom: Vano and Niko (B+)
• AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke:
  • Cogwheels (B+)
  • A Fool's Life (B+)
  • Hell Screen (B+)
  • Kappa (B+)
  • Mandarins (B+)
  • Rashomon (B+)
• ALAIDY, Ahmed: Being Abbas el Abd (B+)
• ALAIN-FOURNIER: The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) (A-)
• ALAS, Leopoldo:
  • Doña Berta (B+)
  • His Only Son (B+)
• ALBAHARI, David:
  • Bait (A-)
  • Checkpoint (B+)
  • Götz and Meyer (A-)
  • [Leeches]
  • [Snow Man]
  • Tsing (B+)
  • Words are something else (A-)
• ALBINIA, Alice: Leela's Book (B+)
• ALBEE, Edward: Lolita (C)
• ALBERT, Hans: Briefwechsel (with Paul Feyerabend) (B)
• ALBERT-BIROT, Pierre: The First Book of Grabinoulor (B)
• ALBERTI, Leon Battista:
  • Biographical and Autobiographical Writings (B+)
  • Dinner Pieces (B)
  • Momus (B+)
• ALCOTT, Louisa May: A Long Fatal Love Chase (B)
• AL-E AHMAD, Jalal:
  • By the Pen (B+)
  • The Israeli Republic (B)
  • Lost in the Crowd (B)
  • The School Principal (B+)
• ALEAS, Richard:
  • Little Girl Lost (B)
  • Songs of Innocence (B+)
• ALESHKOVSKY, Yuz: Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage (B)
• AL-ESSA, Bothayna: The Book Censor's Library (B)
• ALEXIEVICH, Svetlana: Voices from Chernobyl (B)
• ALEXIS, André: Fifteen Dogs (B)
• ALI, Idris: Poor (B)
• ALI, Sabahattin: Madonna in a Fur Coat (B+)
• ALI, Tariq: The New Adventures of Don Quixote (B-)
• ALLAIN, Marcel: Fantômas (B+) (with Pierre Souvestre)
• ALLEG, Henri: The Question (B+)
• ALLEMANN, Urs: Babyfucker (B+)
• ALLEN, John R.: Future War and the Defence of Europe (-) (with Frederick Ben Hodges and Julian Lindley-French)
• ALLERT, Tilman: The Hitler Salute (B)
• ALMEIDA, Germano: The Last Will and Testament of Sr. da Silva Araújo (B+)
• ALMINO, João: Enigmas of Spring (B)
• Al-MOHAIMEED, Yousef: Wolves of the Crescent Moon (B+)
• ALOMAR, Osama: The Teeth of the Comb (B+)
• ALSANEA, Rajaa: Girls of Riyadh (B)
• ALTAN, Ahmet: Endgame (B)
• ALTER, Robert: The Art of Bible Translation (B)
• ALTERMAN, Eric: What Liberal Media ? (B+)
• ALTUN, Selçuk:
  • Many and Many a Year Ago (B)
  • Songs My Mother Never Taught Me (B)
  • The Sultan Of Byzantium (B)
• ALUKO, T.M.:
  • Chief the Honourable Minister (B)
  • Conduct Unbecoming (B)
  • One Man, One Matchet (B+)
• ALZAMORA, Sebastià: Blood Crime (B-)
• AMADO, Jorge:
  • The Discovery of America by the Turks (B)
  • The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray (B+)
• AMANN, Jürg: Pekinger Passion (B+)
• al AMEER, Rasha: Judgment Day (B)
• AMÉRY, Jean: Charles Bovary, Country Doctor (A-)
• AMETTE, Jacques-Pierre: Brecht's Mistress (B+)
• AMIS, Martin:
  • Experience (B+)
  • Heavy Water (B-)
  • House of Meetings (B)
  • Koba the Dread (B-)
  • Night Train (B-)
  • The Second Plane (C)
  • The War against Cliché (A-)
  • Yellow Dog (C+)
• AMLINGER, Carolin: Schreiben (B+)
• AMMANITI, Niccolò:
  • Let the Games Begin (B-)
  • Me and You (B-)
• AMMON, Theodore G. (ed.): Conversations With William H. Gass (B)
• AMPUERO, Roberto: The Neruda Case (B)
• ANANTHAMURTHY, U.R.:
  • Bharathipura (B)
  • Samskara (B+)
• ANANTHASWAMY, Anil: Through Two Doors at Once (B)
• ANDRADE, Mário de:
  • Hallucinated City (B+)
  • Macunaíma (B+)
• ANDRI Snær Magnason:
  • LoveStar (B)
  • The Story of the Blue Planet (B-)
• ANDRUKHOVYCH, Yuri:
  • Дванадцять обручів (B)
  • The Moscoviad (B+)
  • Perverzion (B+)
  • Recreations (B)
  • Таємниця (B)
• ANET, Claude: Ariane, a Russian Girl (B)
• ANI, Friedrich: The Nameless Day (B)
• ʿANTARAH ibn Shaddād: War Songs (B)
• ANTONENKO-DAVYDOVYCH, Borys: Duel (B)
• ANTONI, Robert: Cut Guavas (B)
• ANTOON, Sinan:
  • The Book of Collateral Damage (B+)
  • The Corpse Washer (B)
  • I'jaam (B+)
• ANXO FERNÁNDEZ, Miguel: A Niche for Marilyn (B-)
• AOYAMA Michiko: What You are Looking For is in the Library (B)
• AOYAMA Nanae: A Perfect Day to Be Alone (B+)
• APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume: The Poet Assassinated (B)
• APOSTOL, Gina:
  • Bibliolepsy (A-)
  • Insurrecto (B+)
  • The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata (B+)
• APPANAH, Nathacha: Blue Bay Palace (B)
• APPARAO, Gurajada: Girls for Sale (B)
• APPELFELD, Aharon:
  • The Story of a Life (A-)
  • A Table for One (B)
• ARAD, Maya: The Hebrew Teacher (B)
• ARAI Akira: A Caring Man (C)
• ARAMAKI Yukio: The Sacred Era (B)
• ARANGO, Sascha: The Truth and Other Lies (B)
• ARBES, Jakub: Newton's Brain (B+)
• ARBUS, Doon: The Caretaker (B)
• ARDAI, Charles:
  • Fifty-to-One (B+)
  • Little Girl Lost (B) (as Richard Aleas)
  • Songs of Innocence (B+) (as Richard Aleas)
• ARGUEDAS, José María: The Fox From Up Above and the Fox From Down Below (B+)
• ARISTOPHANES:
  • Birds (B+)
  • Clouds (B+)
  • Lysistrata (A-)
• ARLT, Roberto: Mad Toy (B)
• ARMAH, Ayi Kwei:
  • The Healers (A-)
  • KMT: in the house of life (B+)
  • Osiris Rising (B)
  • Two Thousand Seasons (B+)
  • See also: Ayi Kwei Armah, Radical Iconoclast (B-), Oge ODEGE
  • See also: The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah (B), Robert FRASER
• ARMSTRONG, Karen: A Short History of Myth (B-)
• ARNALDUR Indriðason:
  • Jar City (B+)
  • Voices (B)
• ARNOTT, Jake: The Long Firm (C+)
• ARREOLA, Juan José: Confabulario (B)
• ASAMATSU Ken: Kthulhu Reich (B)
• ASHBERY, John: Other Traditions (B+)
• ASHER, Marty: The Boomer (B-)
• ASHK, Upendranath:
  • Falling Walls (B+)
  • In the City a Mirror Wandering (B+)
• ASHOKAMITRAN: Sand (B)
• ASONG, Linus: Detective Fiction and the African Scene (-)
• ASSCHER, Maarten:
  • Julia en het balkon (B+)
  • De verstekeling (B)
• al-ASWANY, Alaa:
  • Chicago (B)
  • Friendly Fire (B)
  • The Yacoubian Building (B+)
• ATHILL, Diana: Stet (B+)
• al-ATIQ, Fahd: Life on Hold (B+)
• ATKINS, Marc: Liquid City (with Iain Sinclair) (A-)
• ATKINSON, Kate: Case Histories (A-)
• ATTLEE, James: Isolarion (B)
• ATWOOD, Margaret: The Penelopiad (B)
• ATXAGA, Bernardo:
  • Nevada Days (B)
  • Seven Houses in France (B)
• AU, Jessica: Cold Enough For Snow (A-)
• AUBRY, Gwenaëlle: No One (B)
• AUBURN, David:
  • The Columnist (B)
  • Proof (B)
• AUDEGUY, Stéphane:
  • The Only Son (B)
  • The Theory of Clouds (B+)
• AUDIN, Michèle: One Hundred Twenty-One Days (B+)
• AUÐUR Ava Ólafsdóttir:
  • The Greenhouse (B)
  • Hotel Silence (B+)
  • Miss Iceland (B+)
• AUGUSTO, Edyr: Hornets' Nest (B)
• MARCUS AURELIUS: Meditations (A-)
• ÁVILA LAUREL, Juan Tomás: The Gurugu Pledge (B)
• AW, Tash: The Harmony Silk Factory (B+)
• AXAT, Federico: Kill the Next One (B)
• AXELROD, George: Blackmailer (B)
• AXELSSON, Linnea: Ædnan (B)
• AYASE Maru: The Forest Brims Over (B)
• AYATSUJI Yukito: The Decagon House Murders (B-)
• AYCKBOURN, Alan:
  • Comic Potential (A-)
  • Communicating Doors (A-)
  • Damsels in Distress (B+):
    • GamePlan (B+)
    • FlatSpin (B)
    • RolePlay (B+)
  • Garden (B)
  • Henceforward ... (A-)
  • House (B+)
  • Intimate Exchanges (B+)
  • Things We Do for Love (B)
  • See also Ian Watson's Conversations with Ayckbourn
• AYKOL, Esmahan: Hotel Bosphorus (B)
• AYLETT, Steve:
  • See the complete review's Steve Aylett page
  • Atom (B)
  • Bigot Hall (B)
  • The Crime Studio (A-)
  • The Inflatable Volunteer (B)
  • Lint (B)
  • Only an Alligator (B)
  • Shamanspace (B)
  • Slaughtermatic (B)
  • Toxicology (B)
  • The Velocity Gospel (B)
• AYMÉ, Marcel: Beautiful Image (B)
• AZAM ZANGANEH, Lila:
  • The Enchanter (B+)
  • My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes (B) (ed.)
• AZAR, Shokoofeh: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (B)
• AZUCHI Satoshi: Supermarket (B-)
• al-AZZAWI, Fadhil:
  • Cell Block Five (B+)
  • The Last of the Angels (B)
  • The Traveler and the Innkeeper (B)

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