Dropping in just ahead of the deadline to post my top ten (so far) – here they are!
- Iran: Disoriental by Négar Djavadi (tr. Tina Kover)
- Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono (tr. Lawrence Schimel)
- Spain (Catalan): Brother in Ice by Alicia Kopf (tr. Mara Faye Letham)
- India: Abandon by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (tr. Arunava Sinha)
- Colombia: Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo (tr. Charlotte Coombe)
- Côte d’Ivoire: Aya de Yopougon by Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie (tr. Helge Dascher)
- Argentina: Feebleminded by Ariana Harwicz (tr. Annie McDermott & Carolina Orloff)
- Vietnam: Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong (tr. Phan Huy Duong & Nina McPherson)
- Latvia: Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena (tr. Margita Gailitis)
- Hungary: The Door by Magda Szabó (tr. Len Rix)
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