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Cover: Switzy — Emma Cline

One last journey through uncertain memory

David Hastings, a former businessman living with Alzheimer's disease, travels to Zurich with a young assistant. The more unpredictable journey takes place within his changing perception.

IN THIS ISSUE
Cover: Blacktail — Scott Hawkins

The forest is no longer defenceless

After losing those close to him, the part-wolf Blacktail becomes an agent of revenge. Humans are the danger in Scott Hawkins's dark animal world.

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Selected 2026 editions

All books: 152

Cover: Exit Party — Emily St. John Mandel
Fantasy & horror

Exit Party

US edition · language: English

At a Los Angeles party in 2031, the host disappears and guests begin appearing in unexpected versions. Emily St. John Mandel connects the puzzle to a fractured political world.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Switzy — Emma Cline
Literary fiction

Switzy

US edition · language: English

David Hastings, a former businessman living with Alzheimer's disease, travels to Zurich with a young assistant. The more unpredictable journey takes place within his changing perception.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Blacktail — Scott Hawkins
Fantasy & horror

Blacktail

US edition · language: English

After losing those close to him, the part-wolf Blacktail becomes an agent of revenge. Humans are the danger in Scott Hawkins's dark animal world.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Under Story — Chloe Benjamin
Fantasy & horror

Under Story

US edition · language: English

At an Antarctic research station, Laurel Salter encounters a mysterious light phenomenon. Investigating it reconnects her with her former husband, a physicist, and with the desire to undo loss.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Disappearers — Marlon James
Literary fiction

The Disappearers

US edition · language: English

A homophobic attack on a theatre rehearsal in Kingston in 1988 leaves trauma and unanswered questions. Years later, a search for two missing men reopens the past.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Rouse — China Miéville
Fantasy & horror

The Rouse

US edition · language: English

A mother searches for the truth about her son while a military apparatus discovers the usefulness of the world beyond death.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Nonesuch — Francis Spufford
Fantasy & horror

Nonesuch

US edition · language: English

A secretary, wartime London and a hidden magic bring historical experience into contact with an altered past.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Night Night Fawn — Jordy Rosenberg
Literary fiction

Night Night Fawn

US edition · language: English

As Barbara approaches death, she takes stock of her life, the people closest to her and her own prejudices.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Python’s Kiss — Louise Erdrich
Short stories

Python’s Kiss

US edition · language: English

Children, animals and unsettling possibilities meet in Louise Erdrich's collection of short stories.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Things We Never Say — Elizabeth Strout
Literary fiction

The Things We Never Say

US edition · language: English

A well-liked teacher faces a solitude that remains largely invisible to those around him.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Keeper — Tana French
Crime & thrillers

The Keeper

US edition · language: English

The death of a young woman exposes a network of obligations and loyalties within an Irish community.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Kin — Tayari Jones
Literary fiction

Kin

US edition · language: English

Two motherless girls take different paths towards adulthood. Tayari Jones uses their bond to explore the different meanings of family.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Whistler — Ann Patchett
Literary fiction

Whistler

US edition · language: English

A chance encounter brings back a family relationship that has been closed off since childhood.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Vigil — George Saunders
Fantasy & horror

Vigil

US edition · language: English

A dying tycoon is visited by a guide from beyond life. George Saunders places the supernatural beside very human attachments.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Transcription — Ben Lerner
Literary fiction

Transcription

US edition · language: English

A damaged phone complicates an interview and raises questions about truth, memory and the version that will eventually be written down.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Cool Machine — Colson Whitehead
Crime & thrillers

Cool Machine

US edition · language: English

Ray Carney's world brings the furniture trade into contact with criminal business and the continuing transformations of Harlem.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: One Sun Only — Camille Bordas
Short stories

One Sun Only

US edition · language: English

Twelve stories follow people whose lives cannot be reduced to a single neat sentence.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Seek Immediate Shelter — Vincent Yu
Literary fiction

Seek Immediate Shelter

US edition · language: English

A false missile warning exposes truths that do not disappear when the official message is corrected.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Sophie, Standing There — Meg Mason
Literary fiction

Sophie, Standing There

US edition · language: English

A lonely festival worker meets a writer whose books have helped her endure difficult times.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Cherry Beach — Don Gillmor
Crime & thrillers

Cherry Beach

North American edition · language: English

The murders of two teenage girls lead into a Toronto whose transformations are visible on the police map as well as its streets.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Lost Lambs — Madeline Cash
Literary fiction

Lost Lambs

US edition · language: English

The Flynns share a surname. Almost everything else in Madeline Cash's debut novel appears open to question.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: This Story Might Save Your Life — Tiffany Crum
Crime & thrillers

This Story Might Save Your Life

US edition · language: English

When a podcast co-host disappears, her partner at the microphone starts searching for answers.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Dear Debbie — Freida McFadden
Crime & thrillers

Dear Debbie

US edition · language: English

An advice columnist decides to correct the injustices around her herself. Freida McFadden turns a familiar public role into the starting point for revenge.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: OMAD — Meat Feast — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Cooking & recipes

OMAD — Meat Feast

Polish title: OMAD — Mięsna uczta
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Meat-centred recipes: 80 main dishes and 8 desserts, illustrated and linked from an interactive contents page.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: OMAD — Fish on the Table — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Cooking & recipes

OMAD — Fish on the Table

Polish title: OMAD — Ryby na stole
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Fish-centred cooking: 80 main dishes and 8 desserts, with illustrations and nutritional values.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: OMAD — Vegetarian Appetite — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Cooking & recipes

OMAD — Vegetarian Appetite

Polish title: OMAD — Wege z apetytem
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Vegetarian cooking without meat or fish, using eggs and dairy: 80 main dishes and 8 desserts.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: OMAD — Plant-Based Feast — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Cooking & recipes

OMAD — Plant-Based Feast

Polish title: OMAD — Roślinna uczta
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Fully vegan cooking: 80 main dishes and 8 desserts based on vegetables, pulses and other plant ingredients.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: Outlive Me by One Day — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Literary fiction

Outlive Me by One Day

Polish title: Przeżyj mnie o jeden dzień
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Alicja visits her sister. Stefan stays behind with an everyday life he has rarely had to manage on his own.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: The Office of Unfinished Business — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Crime & thrillers

The Office of Unfinished Business

Polish title: Biuro rzeczy niedokończonych
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A cake container, an unsent letter, an overdue conversation: Clara takes on the jobs that have no ready-made form.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: Paradise Regained — Tadeusz Konczyński
Fantasy & horror

Paradise Regained

Polish title: Raj odzyskany
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A fantastic journey beyond the known world, exploring civilization, humanity and the dream of paradise.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: The Last Hour — Tadeusz Konczyński
Fantasy & horror

The Last Hour

Polish title: Ostatnia godzina
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A speculative novel about the limits of civilization and anxiety about the future.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: Demons — Maria Komornicka (Piotr Odmieniec Włast)
Literary fiction

Demons

Polish title: Biesy
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Intense, unsettling prose about identity, rebellion and inner conflict.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: In the Fourth Dimension — Antoni Lange
Fantasy & horror

In the Fourth Dimension

Polish title: W czwartym wymiarze
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Twelve stories bringing together fantasy, metaphysics and philosophical puzzles.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: The Motion Demon — Stefan Grabiński
Fantasy & horror

The Motion Demon

Polish title: Demon ruchu
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Ten stories in which railways become a gateway to mystery and terror.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: Who Is Behind It? — Wojciech Hendryk Stawiński
Nonfiction

Who Is Behind It?

Polish title: Kto za tym stoi?
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

An illustrated Polish-language lexicon of conspiracy theories, documented covert operations and the traps of human reasoning.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: The Names — Florence Knapp
Literary fiction

The Names

Polish title: Imię

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A decision at the registry office opens three versions of one family's future. Florence Knapp turns a familiar what-if into a question about power inside the home.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: To Kill the Maestro: Murder at the Dress Rehearsal — Mila Vale
Crime & thrillers

To Kill the Maestro: Murder at the Dress Rehearsal

Polish title: Zabić Maestro. Morderstwo na próbie generalnej
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

At the Bellwether theatre, stage manager Clara Vale finds conductor Adrian Blackwood dead. His reflection appears unwilling to accept the news.

First impressions · 2 minRead
Cover: John of John — Douglas Stuart
Literary fiction

John of John

Polish title: John, syn Johna

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Returning to family brings questions of identity, intimacy and acceptance sharply into focus. Douglas Stuart approaches home as a place that can offer belonging and impose conditions at the same time.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Pain Chasers — Bora Chung
Fantasy & horror

The Pain Chasers

Polish title: Łowcy bólu

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A drug that removes pain, an attack and a community that treats suffering as a route to salvation collide in Bora Chung's fiction.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Unhome — Magdalena Katarzyna Bajor
Literary fiction

Unhome

Polish title: Niedom
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

In post-war Lower Silesia, a family tries to recover a home. Rebuilding ordinary life also means confronting the histories attached to the place.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Monolok — Paweł Sołtys
Literary fiction

Monolok

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A Warsaw salon becomes an archive of ordinary lives. Paweł Sołtys listens for stories unlikely to find a place in official histories.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: King Sorrow — Joe Hill
Fantasy & horror

King Sorrow

Polish title: Król Smutek

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A group of friends summons a being willing to help them. Agreeing on what that help will cost is another matter.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The World Did Not Exist Before Us: How War Stayed in Our Homes — Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska
History & reportage

The World Did Not Exist Before Us: How War Stayed in Our Homes

Polish title: Świat przed nami nie istniał. Jak wojna została w naszych domach
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska examines how earlier generations' wartime experiences persist in homes and relationships.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Gustaw and the Talking Frog — Maciej Siembieda
Literary fiction

Gustaw and the Talking Frog

Polish title: Gustaw i gadająca żaba
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Two novellas explore desire, loss and the conviction that this time life can be outsmarted.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Women of the Vatican — Artur Nowak i Arkadiusz Stempin
History & reportage

Women of the Vatican

Polish title: Kobiety Watykanu
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Artur Nowak and Arkadiusz Stempin examine women's lives within an institution whose official offices were occupied by men for centuries.

Book spotlight · 2 minRead
Cover: Poppy Children — Agata Sosnowska
Crime & thrillers

Poppy Children

Polish title: Makowe dzieci
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A travelling cinema in post-war Podlasie encounters a story darker than its screening room. Agata Sosnowska brings regional history into a crime narrative.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Copyist — Anna Olszewska
Crime & thrillers

The Copyist

Polish title: Kopista
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

In Bydgoszcz, a murderer does more than kill: he tries to dictate how his actions should be read.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: It Could Have Been Her — Lisa Jewell
Crime & thrillers

It Could Have Been Her

Polish title: To mogła być ona

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A missing girl leads towards a family whose past refuses to fit into a single coherent account.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Mora — Ewa Przydryga
Crime & thrillers

Mora

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A childhood memory and surveillance footage are connected by a secret that has survived for twenty years.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Wild Beneath — Kelly Anderson
Relationships & romance

The Wild Beneath

Polish title: Dzikość głębin

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A life on the water, the loss of a familiar world and an elusive bond with the ocean shape Kelly Anderson's debut.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Reserve for Humans and Wolves — Zdrawka Ewtimowa
Literary fiction

A Reserve for Humans and Wolves

Polish title: Rezerwat ludzi i wilków
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

In a Bulgarian village, everyday violence and precarious lives make solidarity far from straightforward.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Great Flood Below Babia Góra — Irena Małysa
Crime & thrillers

The Great Flood Below Babia Góra

Polish title: Wielka woda pod Babią Górą
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Baśka Zajda searches for a missing man while the landscape around Babia Góra exposes further layers of the past.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Bear Down, Bear North — Melinda Moustakis
Short stories

Bear Down, Bear North

Polish title: Alaskę masz we krwi

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Families, danger and the struggle with the elements shape these stories of Alaska. Along the Kenai, intimacy can sustain people or leave them exposed.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Dark Wire — Joseph Cox
Nonfiction & reportage

Dark Wire

Polish title: Anom

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Criminals trusted an encrypted messaging app. The FBI controlled the other side of it.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Ram’s Eye — Emilia Sułek
Nonfiction & reportage

The Ram’s Eye

Polish title: Baranie oko
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Emilia Sułek searches for traces of nomadic freedom in communities now living settled lives.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Look Away — Jacob Kushner
Nonfiction & reportage

Look Away

Polish title: Biały terror

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Neo-Nazi violence is set against institutions that spent years looking for perpetrators in the wrong places.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Close to Home — Michael Magee
Literary fiction

Close to Home

Polish title: Blisko domu

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A young graduate returns to Belfast and to familiar ways of dealing with helplessness.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Scars — Marta Tomczok
Nonfiction & reportage

Scars

Polish title: Blizny
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Marta Tomczok examines communities and landscapes consumed by heavy industry.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Bear Hunter’s Daughters — Anneli Jordahl
Literary fiction

The Bear Hunter’s Daughters

Polish title: Córki łowcy niedźwiedzi

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

When a hunter disappears, his daughters must establish their own rules for survival.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Exercises in Theological Imagination — Ryszard Koziołek
Essays

Exercises in Theological Imagination

Polish title: Ćwiczenia z wyobraźni teologicznej
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Ryszard Koziołek explores encounters between literature and theological imagination.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Dadzieja — Anna Jadowska
Literary fiction

Dadzieja

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Two sisters grow up in Lower Silesia amid violence and adults' refusal to speak.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Why Fish Don’t Exist — Lulu Miller
Nonfiction & reportage

Why Fish Don’t Exist

Polish title: Dlaczego ryby nie istnieją

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Lulu Miller looks for direction in the biography of a scientist who studied fish, only to encounter his troubling legacy.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Ghosts of the Lake — Manon Gauthier-Faure
Nonfiction & reportage

Ghosts of the Lake

Polish title: Duchy z jeziora
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Stories of haunting lead a reporter towards the earlier deaths of two sisters.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Children in the Cloud — Iwona Dudzik
Nonfiction & reportage

Children in the Cloud

Polish title: Dzieci w chmurze
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Iwona Dudzik examines the expectations and everyday reality of home education.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: We Are the Emirate — Jagoda Grondecka
Nonfiction & reportage

We Are the Emirate

Polish title: Emirat to my
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Jagoda Grondecka reports on the return of Taliban rule through the everyday lives of Kabul's residents.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Where the Sun Spends the Winter — Agnieszka Zielińska
Nonfiction & reportage

Where the Sun Spends the Winter

Polish title: Gdzie słońce spędza zimę
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Seventeen reported stories explore southern Spain beyond a single image of sun and leisure.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Bottle of Lies — Katherine Eban
Nonfiction & reportage

Bottle of Lies

Polish title: Gorzkie pigułki

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Katherine Eban investigates fraud and failures in the worldwide production of medicines.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Empire of Anger — Alice Lugen
Nonfiction & reportage

Empire of Anger

Polish title: Imperium gniewu
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Alice Lugen examines contemporary Russia through the ways its system operates in daily life.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Stone Endures — Marc Casals
Nonfiction & reportage

The Stone Endures

Polish title: Kamień trwa
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Marc Casals gathers life stories from a country that cannot be exhausted by memories of conflict.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Who Is She When I’m Not There? — Aldona Kopkiewicz
Essays

Who Is She When I’m Not There?

Polish title: Kim jest ona, gdy mnie nie ma
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

An autobiographical essay considers masks, labels and the difficulty of being oneself.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The King of Warmia and Saturn — Joanna Wilengowska
Literary fiction

The King of Warmia and Saturn

Polish title: Król Warmii i Saturna
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Warmia comes into view through family exchanges, memories and everyday rituals.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Lampedusa — Steven Price
Literary fiction

Lampedusa

Polish title: Książę Lampedusy

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Steven Price reconstructs the last years of the author of The Leopard.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Summer Book — Tove Jansson
Literary fiction

The Summer Book

Polish title: Księga lata

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Sophia and her grandmother spend the summer in the rhythm of the sea, conversation and imagination.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Provincial Doctors — Marcin Stasiak
Nonfiction & reportage

Provincial Doctors

Polish title: Lekarze prowincjonalni
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The history of post-war healthcare emerges through the lives of the people who helped create it.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Malta — Michał Potocki
Nonfiction & reportage

Malta

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Michał Potocki looks beyond Malta's tourist image towards its history and political contradictions.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Mamuna — Helena Piecuch
Fantasy & horror

Mamuna

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A family drama meets the folk image of a demon that takes children.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Melancholy of Resistance — László Krasznahorkai
Literary fiction

The Melancholy of Resistance

Polish title: Melancholia sprzeciwu

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The arrival of an unusual circus company releases the anger of a provincial town.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Million Thoughts at Once — Aneta Pawłowska-Krać
Nonfiction & reportage

A Million Thoughts at Once

Polish title: Milion myśli naraz
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A reported book follows adults whose understanding of everyday life changes after an ADHD diagnosis.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Grind — Marek Szymaniak
Nonfiction & reportage

The Grind

Polish title: Młócka
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The technological revolution is examined from a warehouse, an office and a building site.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: My Friends — Hisham Matar
Literary fiction

My Friends

Polish title: Moi przyjaciele

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Three Libyans build lives in London after an event cuts off their way back home.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Our Germans — Maciej Falkowski
Nonfiction & reportage

Our Germans

Polish title: Nasi Niemcy
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Maciej Falkowski follows German traces in Poland, including places far from its western frontier.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Niebionka at the Terminus — Miłosz Piotrowski
Literary fiction

Niebionka at the Terminus

Polish title: Niebionka na pętli
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Dreams of making rap music and a friend's disappearance disrupt Struna's small-town routine.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Some People Need Killing — Patricia Evangelista
Nonfiction & reportage

Some People Need Killing

Polish title: Niektórych trzeba zabić

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Patricia Evangelista documents the Philippine war on drugs through the lives of its victims.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: It Does Not Ennoble — Anna Kiedrzynek
Nonfiction & reportage

It Does Not Ennoble

Polish title: Nie uszlachetnia
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Anna Kiedrzynek examines chronic pain and the struggle to obtain effective help.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Birthday Party — Laurent Mauvignier
Crime & thrillers

The Birthday Party

Polish title: Nocne historie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A birthday surprise in a small settlement becomes a night under threat.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Answers — Catherine Lacey
Literary fiction

The Answers

Polish title: Odpowiedzi

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Mary accepts work in a study intended to discover ideal love. A famous actor sets the rules.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Final Verdict — Tobias Buck
Nonfiction & reportage

Final Verdict

Polish title: Ostatni proces

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The trial of a former camp guard opens questions about Germany's reckoning with Nazism.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? — Jeanette Winterson
Biography & memoir

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Polish title: Po co ci szczęście, jeśli możesz być normalna?

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Jeanette Winterson returns to a difficult childhood home and the literature that helped open a way out.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Vilhelm’s Room — Tove Ditlevsen
Literary fiction

Vilhelm’s Room

Polish title: Pokój Vilhelma

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The breakdown of a marriage exposes a dependence that moving out cannot simply resolve.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Returns — Annie Ernaux
Biography & memoir

Returns

Polish title: Powroty
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Annie Ernaux sets memories of childhood beside an actual return to Yvetot.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Borrowed Hills — Scott Preston
Literary fiction

The Borrowed Hills

Polish title: Pożyczone wzgórza

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The loss of their flocks pushes two farmers towards theft and increasingly risky decisions.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Question 7 — Richard Flanagan
Essays

Question 7

Polish title: Pytanie numer siedem

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Richard Flanagan connects family memories with major events of the twentieth century.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Repair Shop for Bodies and Souls — Błażej Ciarkowski
Nonfiction & reportage

A Repair Shop for Bodies and Souls

Polish title: Remontownia ciał i dusz
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Sanatoria, holiday centres and summer camps become an entry into the social world of communist-era Poland.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Old School — Tobias Wolff
Literary fiction

Old School

Polish title: Stara szkoła

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A school writing competition tests the limits of ambition and honesty.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Satantango — László Krasznahorkai
Literary fiction

Satantango

Polish title: Szatańskie tango

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A man believed dead returns to a declining settlement and awakens its inhabitants' hopes.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Rags — Karolina Lewestam
Essays

Rags

Polish title: Szmaty
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Family trips to second-hand shops lead into a story about bodies, age and care.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Little Silesian Stories — Agnieszka Głębicka
Literary fiction

Little Silesian Stories

Polish title: Śląszczyki
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The lives of Erika and Agnes carry readers through the unsettled history of Silesian families.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere — Jan Morris
Essays

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

Polish title: Triest, czyli nigdzie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Jan Morris creates a personal portrait of Trieste, its history and its melancholy.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Via Flaminia — Bartek Kieżun
Nonfiction & reportage

Via Flaminia

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Bartek Kieżun moves from the pleasure of travelling towards the experience of establishing a home.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Age of Magical Overthinking — Amanda Montell
Nonfiction & reportage

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Polish title: Wiek magicznego myślenia

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Amanda Montell examines the appeal of tidy explanations amid digital confusion.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: This House of Grief — Helen Garner
Nonfiction & reportage

This House of Grief

Polish title: Woda była strasznie zimna

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Helen Garner observes the trial of a father charged after the deaths of his three sons.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The High Sky Above Madrid — Klaudia Pieszczoch
Nonfiction & reportage

The High Sky Above Madrid

Polish title: Wysokie niebo nad Madrytem
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Klaudia Pieszczoch looks for Madrid's character in neighbourhoods, social movements and culture.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Countdown — Sarah Scoles
Nonfiction & reportage

Countdown

Polish title: Zawsze, nigdy

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Sarah Scoles speaks to people who work with the American nuclear arsenal.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary fiction

Never Let Me Go

Polish title: Nie opuszczaj mnie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

An adult narrator returns to a childhood whose rules she only partly understood.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: If Books Could Kill — Kate Eberle
Crime & thrillers

If Books Could Kill

Polish title: Gdyby książki mogły zabijać

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A romance reader enters a book that turns out to be a thriller.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Sideways Life of Denny Voss — Holly Kennedy
Literary fiction

The Sideways Life of Denny Voss

Polish title: Niecodzienne przypadki Denny’ego Vossa

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Denny Voss needs to account for how he has ended up at the centre of a murder investigation.

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Cover: The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro
Literary fiction

The Remains of the Day

Polish title: Okruchy dnia

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A butler takes a journey and begins to confront the cost of his loyalty.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: In the Woods — Tana French
Crime & thrillers

In the Woods

Polish title: Zdążyć przed zmrokiem

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The murder of a girl draws a detective towards an unresolved disappearance from his own childhood.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Child Who Lost the War — Julia Navarro
Literary fiction

The Child Who Lost the War

Polish title: Chłopiec, który przegrał wojnę

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A boy fleeing the Spanish Civil War finds himself in Stalinist Moscow.

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Cover: The Widow — John Grisham
Crime & thrillers

The Widow

Polish title: Wdowa

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A small-town lawyer takes on a wealthy client and finds himself inside a criminal trap.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Secret History of Audrey James — Heather Marshall
Literary fiction

The Secret History of Audrey James

Polish title: Sekretna historia Audrey James

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A present-day guesthouse provides a route into the history of a friendship in Nazi Berlin.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Crime in Paradise — Guillaume Musso
Crime & thrillers

A Crime in Paradise

Polish title: Zbrodnia w raju
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The disappearance of a wealthy American couple's child launches an investigation against a 1920s backdrop.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Mother’s Secret — Sophie de Baere
Literary fiction

The Mother’s Secret

Polish title: Sekrety matek

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Returning to Burgundy becomes an attempt to understand what happened decades earlier.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Heart Full of Headstones — Ian Rankin
Crime & thrillers

A Heart Full of Headstones

Polish title: Serce pełne grobów

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The disappearance of a police officer starts an investigation that could bring down a legendary detective.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Dust Child — Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Literary fiction

Dust Child

Polish title: Kwiaty Sajgonu

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Women's lives in Saigon become entangled with an American soldier's later return.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: If You Could Go Anywhere — Paige Toon
Relationships & romance

If You Could Go Anywhere

Polish title: Tam, gdzie spotkałam ciebie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Angie leaves her Australian town to investigate the story of her own family.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Proposal Project — Donna Marchetti
Relationships & romance

The Proposal Project

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Two people who initially irritate each other are brought together by a common project.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Invisible Mountain — Caro De Robertis
Literary fiction

The Invisible Mountain

Polish title: Niewidoczna góra

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A family legend opens a saga of women's lives against the history of Uruguay.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Arkangel — James Rollins
Crime & thrillers

Arkangel

Polish title: Złota biblioteka

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Sigma Force follows the traces of a vanished library towards the Arctic.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Kiss Her Goodbye — Lisa Gardner
Crime & thrillers

Kiss Her Goodbye

Polish title: Pocałunek na pożegnanie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Frankie Elkin searches for a refugee who has appeared in footage from the scene of a crime.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Bleeding Heart Yard — Elly Griffiths
Crime & thrillers

Bleeding Heart Yard

Polish title: Skwer Krwawiącego Serca

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Connections formed at school prove more persistent, and more dangerous, than expected.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: 100 Percent — Anders Roslund
Crime & thrillers

100 Percent

Polish title: 100 procent
Title translated by Volumain

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A series of brutal killings forces Ewert Grens to contend with his superiors' distrust as well as the case itself.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Nobody’s Fool — Harlan Coben
Crime & thrillers

Nobody’s Fool

Polish title: Nie ma głupich

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A detective recognises a woman whose death has weighed on his memory for more than twenty years.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Rain — Michael McDowell
Fantasy & horror

Rain

Polish title: Deszcz

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The final volume of Blackwater brings the Caskey family towards a gathering reckoning.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Fortune — Michael McDowell
Fantasy & horror

The Fortune

Polish title: Fortuna

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

New money alters the distribution of power within the Caskey family and across the town.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Final Wife — Jenny Blackhurst
Crime & thrillers

The Final Wife

Polish title: Ostatnia żona

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A woman takes responsibility for her husband's murder but cannot explain how it happened.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Stepford Wives — Ira Levin
Fantasy & horror

The Stepford Wives

Polish title: Żony ze Stepford

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A new Polish translation returns to Ira Levin's classic story of a town full of ideal wives.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Angela’s Ashes — Frank McCourt
Biography & memoir

Angela’s Ashes

Polish title: Prochy Angeli

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Frank McCourt returns to family life in Limerick, marked by poverty and complicated attachments.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Hidden Daughter — Soraya Lane
Relationships & romance

The Hidden Daughter

Polish title: Córka z Norwegii

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A family keepsake leads Charlotte towards her Norwegian roots.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Light Between Oceans — M.L. Stedman
Literary fiction

The Light Between Oceans

Polish title: Światło między oceanami

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A lighthouse keeper and his wife make a choice that changes more lives than their own.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Manderley Forever — Tatiana de Rosnay
Biography & memoir

Manderley Forever

Polish title: Na zawsze Manderley. Życie Daphne du Maurier

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Tatiana de Rosnay examines the life and writing of Daphne du Maurier.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Far-Flung Life — M.L. Stedman
Literary fiction

A Far-Flung Life

Polish title: Odległe życie

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A road accident in Australia interrupts the lives of a farming family.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Witness 8 — Steve Cavanagh
Crime & thrillers

Witness 8

Polish title: Świadek numer 8

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Eddie Flynn defends a client while someone who knows the truth begins to trade on it.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Parasites — Daphne du Maurier
Literary fiction

The Parasites

Polish title: Rodzina Delaneyów

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Three siblings grow up among famous parents, performance and uncertain boundaries of intimacy.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: When the Cranes Fly South — Lisa Ridzén
Literary fiction

When the Cranes Fly South

Polish title: Kiedy żurawie odlatują na południe

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

An older man defends his bond with his dog and the remaining areas of his independence.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Mimik — Sebastian Fitzek
Crime & thrillers

Mimik

Polish title: Mimika

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A woman skilled at interpreting other people's emotions watches a recording of herself confessing to a crime.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Wishseekers — You Yeong-Gwang
Fantasy & horror

The Wishseekers

Polish title: Podróż na wyspę szczęścia

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Paul, who is blind, sets out with unexpected companions to find a mythical island.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Flood — Michael McDowell
Fantasy & horror

The Flood

Polish title: Powódź

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The opening of Blackwater brings catastrophe and a new inhabitant to the town of Perdido.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Levee — Michael McDowell
Fantasy & horror

The Levee

Polish title: Groble

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A plan to defend Perdido from flooding creates conflict within the Caskey family.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything — Kara Gnodde
Relationships & romance

The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything

Polish title: Teoria (prawie) wszystkiego

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Mimi wants a life of her own while her brother tries to calculate the ideal partner for her.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Nesting — Roisin O'Donnell
Literary fiction

Nesting

Polish title: Gniazdo

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Ciara escapes an abusive husband with her daughters and tries to create a safe home.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: What We Can Know — Ian McEwan
Literary fiction

What We Can Know

Polish title: Co możemy wiedzieć

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A scholar in the twenty-second century investigates a missing poem and the life of its author.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Tata — Valérie Perrin
Literary fiction

Tata

Polish title: Colette

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A call from the gendarmerie challenges something a family has regarded as settled for years.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: A Bright Future — Pierre Lemaitre
Literary fiction

A Bright Future

Polish title: Mrok i światło

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The Pelletiers confront old injuries and further transformations in post-war Europe.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: The One We Fell in Love With — Paige Toon
Relationships & romance

The One We Fell in Love With

Polish title: Ten, którego kochały

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A shared romantic attachment puts the bond between twin sisters under unusual strain.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Disobedient — Elizabeth Fremantle
Literary fiction

Disobedient

Polish title: Niepokorna

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

Artemisia Gentileschi fights for a place in painting and for the ability to determine her own life.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Crash & Burn — Lisa Gardner
Crime & thrillers

Crash & Burn

Polish title: Dom dla lalek

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

After surviving an accident, a woman searches for a child while her husband challenges the reliability of her recollections.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Cold People — Tom Rob Smith
Fantasy & horror

Cold People

Polish title: Dzieci lodu

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

After an alien invasion, humanity is given a month to get to Antarctica.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Casting Off — Elizabeth Jane Howard
Literary fiction

Casting Off

Polish title: Lata rozłąki

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The Cazalets try to shape a post-war life while the conflict's consequences continue to influence their relationships.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Ice Hunt — James Rollins
Crime & thrillers

Ice Hunt

Polish title: Lodowa pułapka

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

The discovery of a secret facility inside a glacier starts a race over an earlier experiment.

Review · 2 minRead
Cover: Every Move You Make — C.L. Taylor
Crime & thrillers

Every Move You Make

Polish title: Każdy twój ruch

Polish-language edition · language: Polish

A group of people targeted by stalkers receives a warning of another death.

Review · 2 minRead
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