Pride is many things: celebration, remembrance, rebellion, joy. It’s also a story—of becoming, of shedding masks, of daring to speak in one’s own voice. This month, we honor Francophone queer voices that challenge conventions, rewrite the rules of literature, and expand the possibilities of identity.

This year, give a book that lingers, questions, and resonates. Happy Father’s Day!

The books gathered in this reading list do not shout—but they are anything but quiet. They engage with the subtle and seismic forces that shape our relationships, our politics, and our inner lives. Each, in its own way, asks us to listen more carefully—to the unsaid, the unheard, the deliberately dismissed.

The four novels, all translated from the French with great care, in this list—grapple with silence. They ask: what do we carry forward when the world has shifted beneath our feet? What remains when memory falters, when language fails?

This Mother's Day, what about we honor the mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures who raised us on stories—with stories?

This spring, four remarkable novels in translation —Accords Suspendus by Helen Garner, L'Inventaire des rêves by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, L'Age fragile by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, and Perle by Sian Hughes — have become available to Francophone readers. They ntricately explore the delicate yet resilient nature of family dynamics, personal identity, and the powerful undercurrents of memory and loss. And we hope…

If you're wondering what to read this winter, we've picked out some of our favorites from this winter's new releases. Our list features Philippe Forrest's Et Personne ne sait, Florence Seyvos's Un perdant magnifique, Denis Podalydès's L'Ami de la famille, Souvenirs de Pierre Bourdieu, and Lola Lafon's chronicles of the years 2023 and 2024, Il n'a jamais été trop tard. …

Discover our favorite reads among the international fiction in French translation for 2024.

In search of a gift a little off the beaten track? Surprise your favorite book lover(s) with these literary works that explore uncharted narrative territories.