What We’re Reading
The 2011-2012 list is now available below. Thank you for your patience as the information was posted to this website.
Many thanks to the volunteers in both Berlin and Washington, D.C. who either contributed one of the 70+ titles for consideration, participated in the selection committee, or both.
To learn more about any of the books, simply click on the relevant link. If you are not purchasing the book at your local independent bookstore or getting it at your local library, place your orders online with our Amazon.com and Amazon.de shops. A percentage of the purchase prices comes right back and supports the maintenance and development costs of this site.
| Sep 2011: | Room by Emma Donoghue |
| Oct 2011: | The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas |
| Nov 2011: | Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan |
| Dec 2011: | Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin |
| Jan 2012: | The 2011 Man Booker Prize winner – The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes |
| Feb 2012: | Knowledge of Hell by Antonio Lobo Antunes – DC group The Thief and the Dogs |
| Mar 2012: | The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht |
| Apr 2012: | Little Bee by Chris Cleave |
| May 2012: | Ladies Coupé by Anita Nair |
| Jun 2012: | Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste |
| Jul 2012: | Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo |
| Aug 2012: | Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck |
Do you wish to recommend a book for our next year’s list? Please first read more about how we selected these books and check out the books we’ve read previously on this website.
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