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© Dalkey Archive Press If Wioletta Greg’s novella Swallowing Mercury drew you in, you might want to add Arno Camenisch’s Behind the Station to your TBR pile.
© Indigo Press If you enjoyed Inua Ellams’ The Half-God of Rainfall, spend some time with Anne Weber’s biography-in-verse Epic Annette.
© V&Q Books Mithu Sanyal’s debut novel offers playful parallels with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
© Scribe Publications If you enjoyed the wide-ranging storytelling in White Teeth, then make sure you add Nino Haratischvili’s The Eighth Life (For Brilka) to your TBR pile.
© Shearsman Books Ulrike Draesner’s poetry offers fans of Scotland’s beloved Edwin Morgan much to love.
© Profile Books Kübra Gümüşay’s Speaking and Being offers a thought-provoking companion piece to Emma Dabiri’s What White People Can Do Next.
© Quercus If the twists of Gone Girl drew you in, take a moment to check out Romy Hausmann’s Dear Child.
© Granta Fans of Marilynne Robinson’s essays will find themselves drawn in by Jenny Erpenbeck’s Not a Novel.
© SelfMadeHero If you enjoyed the film I, Tonya, you might enjoy the graphic novel Knock Out!
© Suhrkamp Verlag / Text Publishing If you enjoyed the setting and ensemble cast of Elif Shafak’s The Bastard of Istanbul, we recommend Sasha Marianna Salzmann’s Beside Myself.
© Polity Books Fans of Neil MacGregor’s approach to history may enjoy Karl Schlögel’s The Scent of Empires.
© DAS Mangold’s memoir – located between Germany and Nigeria – shares an emotional depth and a sense of humour with Jackie Kay’s Red Dust Road.
© Unnamed Press If The End We Start From whetted your appetite for eco-fiction, we think you’ll love Helene Bukowski’s debut Milk Teeth.
© SelfMadeHero If you enjoyed Mary and Bryan Talbots’ Dotter of her Father’s Eyes, we recommend Barbara Yelin and Thomas von Steinaecker’s graphic novel The Summer of her Life.
© Pushkin Press If John Buchan’s The 39 Steps had you riveted, we recommend Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s The Passenger.
© Scribe Publications If Ian McEwan’s The Child in Time intrigued you, we can recommend Maike Wetzel’s Elly.
© Scribe Publications If you find yourself drawn to A. L. Kennedy’s rich but uncomfortable storytelling, you might enjoy Anke Stelling’s Higher Ground.
© Seagull Books Fans of Alan Bennett’s Keeping On Keeping On should pick up Christa Wolf’s One Day a Year: 2001–2011.
© Maclehose Press Avid readers of Rebecca Solnit should check out German author Judith Schalansky.
© V&Q Books If you loved Fleabag for the way it brought women and their relationships to the fore, we’d recommend checking out Lucy Fricke’s Daughters.
Cover © Oneworld Publications Did you love Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West – or were you put off by the novel’s magical realism? Either way, we recommend Olga Grjasnowa’s City of Jasmine.
Cover © Jonathan Cape With Erich Kästner’s Emil and the Detectives, enjoy a holiday adventure to rival Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons.
Cover © Vintage Whether you were a fan of Dave Eggers’ The Circle or were left wanting something more, try Juli Zeh’s dystopian novel The Method.
Cover © Pushkin Press Whether you fell in love with Mitteleuropa through Philip Pullman or are a fan of Marilyn Robinson’s essays, Stefan Zweig’s autobiography is a fascinating, revealing read.
Cover © MIT Press If you like Kate Briggs or Maggie Nelson, you might want to pick up Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate.
Cover © Other Press Looking for a summer read to follow on from Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk? Try All Russians Love Birch Trees, by Olga Grjasnowa.
Cover © SelfMadeHero If Marjane Satrapi‘s Persepolis whetted your appetite for graphic novels, add Arne Bellstorf’s Baby’s in Black to your TBR pile.
Cover © Serpent's Tail Fans of Sarah Waters will enjoy Angela Steidele’s Gentleman Jack.
Cover © Orenda Books If you can’t get enough of Christopher Brookmyre, take a moment to check out Simone Buchholz’s Blue Night.
Cover © Puffin Books Michael Ende’s Momo is the perfect read for fans of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching who aren’t quite old enough for Philip Pullman’s The Northern Lights.
Cover © Portobello Books If you’re a fan of Angela Carter’s off-kilter storytelling in Nights at the Circus, you might enjoy Yoko Tawada’s Memoirs of a Polar Bear.
Cover © Andersen Press Looking for a coming of age story to follow on from The Catcher in the Rye? Wolfgang Herrndorf’s Why We Took the Car bottles teen alienation for a road trip adventure.
Cover © Seagulls Books Fans of Rachel McCrum’s The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate might like to check out Ulrike Almut Sandig’s Thick of it.
Cover © Pushkin Press Readers of Ali Smith might enjoy losing themselves in this novel by Saša Stanišić.
Cover © Sandstone Press If John Le Carré’s Call for the Dead had you on the edge of your seat, you should investigate Volker Kutscher’s Babylon Berlin.
Cover © Chicken House Press Drawn in by Eva Ibbotson’s Journey to the River Sea? Check out Cornelia Funke’s The Thief Lord for more journeys to remarkable places.
Cover © Arc Publications Fans of Don Paterson's 40 Sonnets might want to check out Jan Wagner's poetry.
Cover © Portobello books If you like Kate Atkinson’s novel Life After Life, you might also enjoy Jenny Erpenbeck's The End of Days.
Cover © Serpent's Tail If you like Tove Jansson's short stories, you might also enjoy Judith Hermann's Letti Park.
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