Queer Literature Originally Published in Non-English Languages

Afrikaans

  • Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naudé (trans. by Michiel Heyns)

Arabic

  • في غرفة العنكبوت by Muhammad Abdelnabi (published in the US as In the Spider’s Room, trans. by Jonathan Wright)
  • Selamlik by Khaled Alesmael

Brazilian Portuguese

Chinese

  • The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Ton Xu/Xiao Tong Kong (Amz)
  • Heaven’s Official Blessing by Mo Xiang Ton Xu/Zelda CW (Amz)
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Ton Xu/Marina Privalova (Amz)

Dutch

French

  • Arrête avec tes mensonges by Phillippe Besson (Published in the US as Lie With Me, trans. by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald.)
  • Disoriental by Négar Djavadi
  • Choisir Éléonore by Andrée A. Gratton
  • Querelle de Roberval by Kevin Lambert
  • Captain Ni’mat’s Last Battle by Mohamed Leftah
  • Histoire de la violence by Édouard Louis

German

Greek

Italian

Japanese

  • 獨舞 by Li Kotomi (published in the US as Solo Dance by Kotomi Li)
  • The Night of Baba Yaga by Akiro Otani (trans. by Sam Bett)

Korean

  • Savage Alice by Hwang Jungeun
  • Walking Practice by Dolki Min
  • Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (trans. by Anton Hur)
  • Violets by Shin Kyung-Sook (trans. by Anton Hur)

Norwegian

  • Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes (trans. by Matt Bagguley)

Russian

  • Wound by Oksana Vasyakina
  • Steppe by Oksana Vasyakina

Spanish

  • Boulder by Eva Baltasar
  • Call Me Cassandra by Marcial Gala
  • La Bastarda by Trefonia Melibea Obono
  • La Mala Costumbre by Alana S. Portero
  • Todo esto te daré by Dolores Redondo
  • La Chica de Hielo by Andrea Tome
  • Las Malas by Camila Sosa Villada
  • The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

Swedish

  • Himlabrand by Moa Backe Åstot
  • Antiquity by Hanna Johansson
  • Body Double by Hanna Johansson

Taiwanese

  • Ghost Town by Kevin Chen
  • 鱷魚手記  by Qiu Miaojin (published in the US as Notes of a Crocodile)
  • The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

Turkish

  • Summerhouse by Yigit Karaahmet

Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time!