3 books for Women in Translation Month
Discover three incredible books by women, translated into English.
Two new books coming from Catriona Ward
Discover the new books from the author of The Last House on Needless Street
New releases
Oppositions
Mary Gaitskill
A collection of provocative and searchingly analytical essays by the author of Bad Behavior, This is Pleasure, and Lost Cat
This is Pleasure
Mary Gaitskill
A masterful fictional contribution to the #MeToo debate, set to be the most fiercely debated book of the season
The Plague Letters
V.L. Valentine
A serial killer stalks London during the Great Plague of 1665 in this highly inventive historical thriller
Black Drop
Leonora Nattrass
An atmospheric and brilliantly plotted historical thriller set in London during the uproar of the French Revolution
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist: this is the must-read gothic thriller of 2021. It's so good you'll read it twice…
Five Minds
Guy Morpuss
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle meets Westworld in this stunning high-concept crime thriller of multiple minds, changing allegiances and revenge
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
Hervé Guibert
The cult classic that describes with devastating, darkly comic clarity the experience of living with and dying from AIDS
I Give It To You
Valerie Martin
A timeless story of family, war, art, and betrayal from bestselling novelist Valerie Martin
Act of Grace
Anna Krien
Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2020An exhilarating debut novel from the award-winning author of Night Games
To Walk Alone in the Crowd
Antonio Munoz Molina
The sheer energy of the digital metropolis – superb fiction from a Spanish master at the peak of his powers.
All of You Every Single One
Beatrice Hitchman
An exhilarating queer love story set in early twentieth-century Vienna
Lose Your Mother
Saidiya Hartman
A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past
Sea Change
Alix Nathan
From acclaimed author of The Warlow Experiment, the moving story of a mother and daughter separated in Regency England
The Appeal
Janice Hallett
Described by The Sunday Times as 'A modern Christie', this is an extraordinarily inventive crime debut in which the reader is challenged to…
The Rule
David Jackson
From the bestselling author of Cry Baby, The Rule is the dark and thrilling tale of two parents who will go to any lengths to protect their child.
The Five Wounds
Kirstin Valdez Quade
From an award-winning storyteller comes a stunning debut novel following one family's extraordinary year of love and sacrifice.
Featured authors
Serpent's Tail Classics
The Impostor
Silvina Ocampo
Fantastical, unnerving short stories from a Surrealist master of the form
Passing
Nella Larsen
A classic of the Harlem Renaissance reissued to coincide with the major Netflix adaptation of Passing (2021)
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
Hervé Guibert
The cult classic that describes with devastating, darkly comic clarity the experience of living with and dying from AIDS
Man Enough to Be a Woman
Jayne County
The true story of trans punk performance art sensation Jayne County's wild and daring life
And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
A masterpiece of investigative reporting on the AIDS crisis in the USA
Mysteries
Knut Hamsun
Serpent's Tail Classics edition of a wild masterpiece by a Nobel prize winner championed by influential writers such as Karl Ove Knausgaard and D…
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
The bestselling, award-winning first novel by the internationally acclaimed crime writer Walter Mosley introduces his most famous character – Easy Raw…
Selected Poems
Langston Hughes
Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' New Yorker.
Eat My Heart Out
Zoe Pilger
Zoe Pilger's wildly funny debut novel, reissued as a Serpent's Tail Classic
Jakob von Gunten
Robert Walser
Robert Walser's great masterpiece, reissued with a foreword by J. M. Coetzee
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
Alix Kates Shulman
The cult classic that defined a generation – over a million copies sold
Red Riding Nineteen Seventy Four
David Peace
Volume one in David Peace's newly reissued crime masterpiece The Red Riding Quartet
Red Riding Nineteen Seventy Seven
David Peace
Volume two in David Peace's newly reissued crime masterpiece The Red Riding Quartet
Red Riding Nineteen Eighty
David Peace
Volume three in David Peace's newly reissued crime masterpiece The Red Riding Quartet
Red Riding Nineteen Eighty Three
David Peace
Volume four in David Peace's newly reissued crime masterpiece The Red Riding Quartet