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  • The Martins

    by David Foenkinos ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    **A wryly funny story about a struggling Parisian writer who finds the heroine of his next novel right outside his apartment“Foenkinos is at his best in this playful novel” — Elle“A charming, clever book” — The Independent**Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary?This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Perspective(s)

    A Novel

    by Laurent Binet ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    One of The Washington Post's 50 Best Novels of the Year**A finalist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award“As full of epic characters as the Sistine Chapel ceiling . . . Sinfully fun to read.” —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker**“[A] thorough success . . . A dazzling romp.” —Steven Poole, The Guardian“Historical fiction doesn’t get much better than this.” —George Cochrane, The Telegraph (... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond the Door of No Return

    A Novel

    by David Diop ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    A Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature | Longlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardOne of The Atlantic’s 10 Best Books of 2023A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 | Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews“A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . .... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Hour of the Predator

    Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World

    by Giuliano da Empoli ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    **A CHILLING ASSESSMENT OF THE DISINTEGRATING WORLD ORDER: the rise of autocratic regimes, erosion of traditional diplomacy, and growing influence of tech billionaires and unregulated AI"The one book you absolutely need to read in order to understand current politics" — Anne Applebaum, author of the New York Times bestseller Autocracy, Inc.**Blending the internationally bestselling author’s ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Four Soldiers

    A Novel

    by Hubert Mingarelli ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**“Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy.”—The Wall Street Journal"A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved."—Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesA novel of war, revolution, youth, and friendship by the ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Country of Others

    A Novel

    by Leila Slimani ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny that “lays bare women’s intimate, lacerating experience of war” (The New York Times Book Review)After World War II, Mathilde leaves France for Morocco to be with her husband, whom she met while he was fighting for the French army. A spirited young woman, she now finds herself a farmer’s wife, her ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Civilizations

    A Novel

    by Laurent Binet ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history from the author of the international bestseller HHhH, Laurent Binet's Civilizations is nothing less than a strangely believable counterfactual history of the modern world, fizzing with ideas about colonization, empire-building, and the eternal human quest for domination. It is an electrifying novel by one of Europe's most exciting ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Perfect Nanny

    A Novel

    by Leila Slimani ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    **One of The New York Times’s 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st CenturyOne of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of 2018*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine*She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.“A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe

    A novel

    by Romain Puertolas ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    For readers of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, a funny, charming, feel-good story about a fake fakir from India who arrives in France to shop at IKEA and unwittingly embarks on a European tour like no other.Meet Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod. One day a fakir leaves his small village in India and lands in Paris. A professional con artist, the fakir is on a pilgrimage to ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Four Soldiers

    A Novel

    by Hubert Mingarelli ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize"Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy."— The Wall Street Journal"A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved."—Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesA novel of war, revolution, youth, and friendship by the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don't Let Go

    by Michel Bussi ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    From the bestselling author of After the Crash, "a novel so extraordinary it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the first time" ( The Sunday Times).Holidaying in an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion, wealthy Parisians Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect family moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze.Then Liane ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Watch Us Dance

    A Novel

    by Leila Slimani ...
    Translated by Sam Taylor ...
    The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others.It’s the 1960s, and the air is electric. On the cusp of adulthood, two biracial siblings—their father is Moroccan, their mother French—search ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook