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Index of Books from selected
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the complete review


     This Index lists books at the complete review from selected (generally specialised) imprints and publishers.

     (Even though these make up the bulk of books under review, we do not include titles from larger publishers (Knopf, FSG, Faber, Suhrkamp, etc.), nor titles from some prominent series (Penguin Classics, Modern Library).
     At this time we are also not inculding imprints or publishers from whom we only have a single title under review.)


     The publishers and series indexed here are:



Aflame Books

Aflame Books: "It publishes, in English translation, works from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East; works whose brilliance has been hidden from the English-speaking world by the barriers of culture and language".

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African Writers Series

Heinemann's now more or less defunct African Writers Series. [Series volume number in brackets, where applicable; numbering stopped in 1987.]

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AmazonCrossing

AmazonCrossing: "Publishing translations of foreign language books from around the world, AmazonCrossing makes award-winning and best-selling books accessible to many readers for the first time."

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American University in Cairo Press

American University in Cairo Press (and fiction imprint Hoopoe): "publish a wide range of scholarly monographs, reference works, and general books on ancient and modern Egypt and the Middle East, as well as a variety of Arabic literature in English translation". Note that some AUC Press titles have been republished by other domestic imprints in the US and/or UK.

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Archipelago Books

Archipelago Books: "an eclectic selection of new international literature and world classics that remain unavailable in translation".

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Bitter Lemon Press

Bitter Lemon Press: "The best literary crime and romans noirs from Europe, Africa and Latin America.".

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The Cahiers Series

The Cahiers Series: "The goal of this series is to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities.". Published jointly by Sylph Editions and The Center for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris.

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Canongate - The Myths

Canongate - The Myths: "A bold re-telling of legendary tales -- The Myths series gathers the world's finest contemporary writers for a modern look at our most enduring myths". International, multi-publisher series; see other publishers involved.

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Clay Sanskrit Library

Clay Sanskrit Library: "A series of books covering a wide spectrum of Classical Sanskrit literature spanning two millennia"

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Codex

Codex: alternative UK publisher

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Dalkey Archive Press

Dalkey Archive Press: "the finest works of world literature from the past 100 years"

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Deep Vellum

Deep Vellum: books in translation

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Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Bilingual volumes make medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Old English literature accessible

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Glas

Glas New Russian Writing: "the most comprehensive source on contemporary Russian literature in translation"

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Green Integer

Green Integer: offering "a wide variety of works by leading artists, critics and historians" -- and in a truly handy format !

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Hard Case Crime

Hard Case Crime: "dedicated to reviving the vigor and excitement, the suspense and thrills -- the sheer entertainment -- of the golden age of paperback crime novels"

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HBKU Press

Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (formerly: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing): "helping to establish a vibrant literary culture in Qatar and the Middle East and to cultivate new talent in the region".

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Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature

Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature: "bilingual editions of literature from the Zhou Dynasty to the end of Imperial China in 1911".

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The I Tatti Renaissance Library

The I Tatti Renaissance Library (at Harvard University Press): "makes available to a broad readership the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the Italian Renaissance written in Latin".

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Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)

Japanese Literature Publishing Project: "an initiative of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan promoting the translation and publication of Japanese contemporary fiction." Various publishers.

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Jimoondang Publishing - The Portable Library of Korean Literature

The Portable Library of Korean Literature: short volumes of fiction by leading Korean writers

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Library of Arabic Literature

Library of Arabic Literature: "significant works of Arabic literature, with an emphasis on the seventh to nineteenth centuries" in bilingual editions

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Loeb Classical Library

Loeb Classical Library: "the only series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature"

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Melville House - The Contemporary Art of the Novella

Melville House - The Contemporary Art of the Novella: "designed to highlight work by major authors from around the world"

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Murty Classical Library of India

Murty Classical Library of India: Presenting "the greatest literary works of India from the past two millennia" in bilingual editions

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New Vessel Press

New Vessel Press: "An independent publishing house specializing in the translation of foreign literature into English".

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New York Review Books

New York Review Books: publishing New York Review Books, NYRB Classics, New York Review Collections, New York Review Comics, and NYRB Poets

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Northwestern University Press - Writings from an Unbound Europe

Northwestern University Press - Writings from an Unbound Europe: "the most comprehensive series of literature in translation into any language from the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe."

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Open Letter

Open Letter: "a literary press that publishes twelve books annually, mostly novels, collections of short stories, and literary essays. We only publish books in translation".

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Prickly Paradigm Press

Prickly Paradigm Press: "devoted to giving serious authors free rein to say what's right and what's wrong about their disciplines and about the world".

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Pushkin Press

Pushkin Press: small list of mainly early 20th century Central European literature

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Red Circle Minis

Red Circle Minis: "short captivating books by Japan's finest contemporary writers"

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Short Books

Short Books: "strives to bridge the gap between publishing and journalism."

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Smart Pop

Smart Pop: "A series of anthologies on the best of pop culture"
  • Coffee at Luke's (B) ed. Jennifer Crusie - An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest
  • Neptune Noir (B), ed. Rob Thomas - Unauthorized Investigations into Veronica Mars

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Texas Tech University Press - The Americas

Texas Tech University Press - The Americas

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Tilted Axis Press

Tilted Axis Press: "publishes the books that might not otherwise make it into English, for the very reasons that make them exciting to us – artistic originality, radical vision, the sense that here is something new".

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Twisted Spoon Press

Twisted Spoon Press: "Focused on translating into English a variety of writing from Central and Eastern Europe and making it available to a global readership"

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Wakefield Press

Wakefield Press: "devoted to the translation of overlooked gems and literary oddities"

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Yale University Press - The Margellos World Republic of Letters

Yale University Press - The Margellos World Republic of Letters: "The series is designed to bring to the English-speaking world leading poets, novelists, essayists, philosophers, and playwrights from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, to stimulate international discourse and creative exchange."

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