World Literature

Introducing bestselling and award-winning books from around the world

Amazon Crossing publishes award-winning and bestselling books from around the globe, making international literature accessible to many readers for the first time.

Spotlight

Hidden in Snow

Hidden in Snow

Viveca Sten

Viveca Sten

accolade

Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Playing for Freedom

Playing for Freedom

Zarifa Adiba

Zarifa Adiba

accolade

Finalist, Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2024; Library Journal Starred Review

Where Waters Meet

Where Waters Meet

Zhang Ling

Zhang Ling

accolade

"A true masterpiece." —Jianan Qian, O. Henry Prize winner and staff writer at The Millions

All the Lies They Did Not Tell

All the Lies They Did Not Tell

Pablo Trincia

Pablo Trincia

accolade

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

North to Paradise

North to Paradise

Ousman Umar

Ousman Umar

accolade

Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Daughter of Fire

Daughter of Fire

Sofia Robleda

Sofia Robleda

Broken Summer

Broken Summer

J. M. Lee

J. M. Lee

accoldae

“Few things are as mysterious as what goes on in a marriage, sometimes even one’s own…[in] J.M. Lee’s emotionally wrenching Broken Summer.” —New York Times

The Murmur of Bees

The Murmur of Bees

Sofía Segovia

Sofía Segovia

Sovas Award - Audiobook Narration - Fiction, Best Voiceover - 2019

Awards

Sovas Award Audiobook Narration - Fiction, Best Voiceover

Winner

The Murmur of Bees (2019)

Scandinavian-American Award for Translated Fiction

Winner

A Fist or a Heart (2019)

PEN Translation Prize

Nominated

The Dead Wander in the Desert (2019)

Nominated

Nowhere to Be Found (2015)

Vondel Translation Prize

Winner

Stage Four (2019)

Yomiuri Prize for Literature

Winner

A Man (2018)

Freeman Book Award

Winner

GO (2018)

Holland’s ECI Literature Prize

Winner

Rivers (2016)

The Glass Key Award

Winner

The Last Pilgrim (2014)

Japan’s Booksellers Award

Winner

The Great Passage (2012)

Russia’s Big Book Prize

Winner

The Gray House (2009)

Croatia’s Gjalski Award for Best Fiction Book of the Year

Winner

The Judgment of Richard Richter (2006)

PEN Translation Prize

Longlisted

I'm in Seattle Where Are You, Mortada Gzar (2021)

Carnegie Medals for Excellence

Finalist

Playing for Freedom, Zarifa Adiba (2024)