Other Words Books

03/08/2026

Quite a few of the recommended titles in this article can be found in the Other Words shop, and don’t forget to check out my eBay listings too!

https://ebay.us/m/L7vRB5

https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/translated-fiction-books-guide-where-to-start

From contemporary novels to classics and poetry, discover the best books in translation with our essential guide on where to start.

08/07/2026

A couple of Inspector Maigret novels, including Pietr the Latvian, the first ever Maigret. Classy Penguin editions in excellent condition.

£5.50 each or both for £10. Great for summer reading…

27/06/2026

A fascinating collection of short stories and non-fiction bringing to life the city of Warsaw, past and present. Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and illustrated with archive photographs and maps, this Oxford University Press edition is one of a series, which also includes volumes of tales from Lisbon, Barcelona and Dublin.

New £12.99 plus P&P or free local delivery/collection.

24/06/2026

Penguin Classics from the 1960s and 70s.

£8 each plus P&P, free local delivery or collection.

19/06/2026

"The first duty of Auschwitzers is to make clear just what a camp is… But let them not forget that the reader will unfailingly ask: But how did it happen that you survived? … Tell then, how you bought places in the hospital, easy posts…what you did in the barracks, unloading the transports, at the gypsy camp; tell about the daily life of the camp, about the hierarchy of fear, about the loneliness of every man. But write that you, you were the ones who did this. That a portion of the sad fame of Auschwitz belongs to you as well."

Twelve short stories inspired by Tadeusz Borowski's experiences in Auschwitz and Dachau from 1943 to 1945.

£7 plus P+P or free local collection/delivery

Final photo shows a quote from the New York Review of Books, you can read the full article here (free registration required).

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2021/09/12/the-world-of-tadeusz-borowskis-auschwitz/?lp_txn_id=1679134

19/06/2026

The latest Claudia Piñeiro in this signed first edition paperback from Charco Press. The queen of Argentinian crime fiction.

£11.99 plus P+P or free local delivery/collection

19/06/2026

NOW RESERVED.

Wild card find while I was in Edinburgh, yes I admit that the red sprayed edges caught my eye…but also the first sentence:

"Of all my memories, of all my life's innumerable sensations, the most onerous was that of the single murder I had committed."

Published in Russian in 1948, this is the 2013 first edition of the English translation. Beautiful used condition £10 plus P+P or free local collection/delivery

19/06/2026

If you’ve ever got me on to the subject of twentieth century Sicilian authors you will know that Sciascia (pronounced Sha-sha) is one of my all-time favourites. Detective fiction with a difference.

Lovely Granta editions £10 each plus P+P or free local collection/delivery

19/06/2026

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the prestigious Premio Strega in Italy, this short novel is "steeped in unresolved tensions and contradictions…Its precise, sharply focused depiction of middle class European millennials' lives and aspirations gives it the polish of an ethnographic gem" (hypercritic.org)

A bestseller from Fitzcarraldo Editions. £11 plus P+P or free local collection/delivery

19/06/2026

Recommended by a customer who is also a fan of Olga Tokarczuk. An Icelandic classic. £10 plus P+P or free local collection/delivery.