Books
- Manuel Puig, The Buenos Aires Affair, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine
- Shirley Hazzard, The Evening of the Holiday
- Jean Cocteau, My Contemporaries, trans. Margaret Crosland
- Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood
- Chester Himes, The Crazy Kill
- Chester Himes, Plan B
- Chester Himes, Pinktoes
- Christine Chia, The Law of Second Marriages
- Christine Chia, Separation: A History
- Michael Dibdin, A Long Finish
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II, An Easy Thing, trans. Willie Neuman
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Some Clouds, trans. Willie Neuman
- Michael Dibdin, Blood Rain
Films
- Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Robinson Crusoe, dir. Luis Buñuel
Books
- Primo Levi, The Wrench, translated by William Weaver
- Michael Dibdin, Dead Lagoon
- Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
- Primo Levi, Moments of Reprieve, trans. Ruth Feldman
- Michael Dibdin, Così fan tutti
- Eimear McBride, Strange Hotel
- Gianrico Carofiglio, Involuntary Witness, trans. Patrick Creagh
- Sabrina Orah Mark, Wild Milk
- Don Mee Choi, DMZ Colony
- Cyril Wong, Satori Blues
- S. C. Gordon, Harbouring
- Anthony Burgess, Beard’s Roman Women
- Hafiz Hamzah, Blooms of Ire, trans. Ede A. Hamid
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
- Evelyn Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
- Gianrico Carofiglio, A Walk in the Dark, trans. Howard Curtis
- Maurice Sachs, Witches’ Sabbath, trans. Richard Howard
- Evelyn Waugh, Love Among the Ruins
- V. S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur
- Richard Kennedy, A Boy at the Hogarth Press
- Valerio Varesi, River of Shadows, trans. Joseph Farrell
Films
- True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway
- The Ladykillers, dir. Alexander McKendrick
- Jane, dir. Brett Morgen
- The Kid Brother, dir. Ted Wilde
- Portrait of Jennie, dir. William Dieterle
- Joe Versus the Volcano, dir. John Patrick Shanley
- Death on the Nile, dir. John Guillermin
- Evil under the Sun, dir. Guy Hamilton
- Appointment with Death, dir. Michael Winner
Books
- Michael Dibdin, Cabal
- Emmanuel Carrère, 97, 196 Words, translated by John Lambert
- Boileau-Narcejac, Vertigo, trans. Geoffrey Sainsbury
- Boileau-Narcejac, She Who Was No More, trans. Geoffrey Sainsbury
- Piero Chiara, The Bishop’s Bedroom, trans. Jill Foulston
- Patrick Modiano, Young Once, trans. Damion Searls
- Jean-Philippe Blondel, The 6:41 to Paris, trans. Alison Anderson
- Boileau-Narcejac, Choice Cuts, trans. Brian Rawson
- Leonardo Sciascia, Salt in the Wound, trans. Judith Green
- J. G. Ballard, Vermilion Sands
- John Crowley, Totalitopia
- Elio Viottorini, In Sicily, trans. Wilfrid David
- Cordwainer Smith, Nostrilia
- Leonardo Sciascia, The Death of the Inquisitor, trans. Judith Green
- Alberto Savinio, Childhood of Nivasio Dolcemare, trans. Richard Pevear
- Samuel R. Delany, The Atheist in the Attic
Films
- Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- The Bank Dick, dir. Edward F. Cline & Ralph Ceder
- Sons of the Desert, dir. William A. Seiter
- The Green Fog, dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson
- Murder on the Orient Express, dir. Sidney Lumet
- Rasing Arizona, dir. Joel Coen
- Way Out West, dir. James W. Horne
Books
- Natalia Ginzburg, The City and the House, translated by Dick Davis
- Theodore Sturgeon, The Dreaming Jewels
- Brad Fox, To Remain Nameless
- Fred Vargas, The Chalk Circle Man, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Fred Vargas, The Three Evangelists, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Fred Vargas, Dog Will Have His Day, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Fred Vargas, The Accordianist, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Michael Dibdin, Ratking
- Michael Dibdin, Vendetta
Films
- The Last Man on Earth, directed by Ubaldo Ragona & Sidney Salkow
- Panic in the Streets, dir. Elia Kazan
Books
- J. G. Ballard, High-Rise
- Aleksandar Hemon, My Parents: An Introduction/This Does Not Belong to You
- Jacques Rancière, Short Voyages to the Land of the People, translated by James B. Swenson
- Dante Alighieri, Hell: Dante’s Divine Trilogy Part One Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse, trans. Alasdair Gray
- Primo Levi, Flaw of Form, trans. Jenny McPhee
- Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo, An Ossuary of the North Lagoon, and Other Stories
- Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals
- Gerald Durrell, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
- Gerald Durrell, The Garden of the Gods
- John Bayley, Elegy for Iris
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Iliac Crest, trans. Sarah Booker
- Monique Truong, The Sweetest Fruits
- Primo Levi, The Truce, trans. Stuart Woolf
Films
- Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), directed by Céline Sciamma
- The Souvenir, dir. Joanna Hogg
- Uncut Gems, dir. Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
Books
- Dexter Palmer, Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
- Charles Portis, Masters of Atlantis
- Charles Portis, Norwood
- Francesco Pacifico, Class
- Amelia Rosselli, Obtuse Diary, translated by Deborah Woodard, Roberta Antognini & Dario De Pasquale
- Primo Levi, Natural Histories, trans. Jenny McPhee
- Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honorable Defeat
- Elias Canetti, Party in the Blitz: The English Years, trans. Michael Hofmann
Books
- Norman Lewis, In Sicily
- Elena Ferrante, Incidental Inventions, translated by Ann Goldstein
- Micheline Aharonian Marcom, A Brief History of Yes
- Garth Greenwell, Cleanness
- Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome, trans. Suzanne Jill Levine & Aviva Kana
- Marguerite Duras, Me & Other Writing, trans. Emma Ramadan & Olivia Baes
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Urgency and Patience: Essays, trans. Edward Gauvain
- Norman Lewis, Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography
- Norman Lewis, I Came, I Saw: An Autobiography
- August Kleinzahler, Cutty, One Rock
- Nina Leger, The Collection, trans. Laura Francis
- Zoë Lescaze, Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past
- Charles Portis, The Dog of the South
Films
- The Witch, directed by Robert Eggers
- The Lighthouse, dir. Robert Eggers
Books
- Jean-Patrick Manchette, Nada, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Truth about Marie, trans. Matthew B. Smith
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Bathroom, trans. Nancy Amphoux & Paul De Angelis
- Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex 1, trans. Frank Wynne
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Reticence, trans. John Lambert
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Naked, trans. Edward Gauvain
- Lucy Ellmann, Mimi
- Muriel Spark, The Driver’s Seat
- Joseph Roth, What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920–33, trans. Michael Hofmann
- Lucy Ellmann, Dot in the Universe
- Lucy Ellmann, Doctors and Nurses
- Norman Lewis, The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed
- Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You
- Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River
- Giorgio Bassani, The Heron, trans. Jamie McKendrick
Films
- Clifford, directed by Paul Flaherty
Books
- Eve Babitz, I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz
- Albert Cossery, The Jokers, translated by Anna Moschovakis
- Amara Lakhous, The Prank of the Good Little Virgin of Via Ormea, trans. Anthony Shugaar
- Lucy Ellmann, Man or Mango? A Lament
- Muriel Spark, The Public Image
- Albert Cossery, Laziness in the Fertile Valley, trans. William Goyen
- Muriel Spark, The Bachelors
- Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye
- Norman Lewis, Naples ’44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth
- Muriel Spark, The Abbess of Crewe
- Curzio Malaparte, The Skin, trans. David Moore
- Muriel Spark, Robinson
- Andrea Camilleri, Hunting Season, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, The Sect of Angels, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, The Sacco Gang, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Muriel Spark, The Comforters
- Francesca Marciano, The Other Language
Movies
- The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, directed by Ben Berman
- Charlie Says, dir. Mary Harron
- Nocturama, dir. Bertrand Bonello
- La Vérité (The Truth), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Good Time, dir. Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
- Hereditary, dir. Ari Aster
Books
- Emmanuel Carrère, A Russian Novel, translated by Linda Coverdale
- Emmanuel Carrère, Limonov, trans. John Lambert
- Samuel R. Delany, Voyage, Orestes!
- Curzio Malaparte, Kaputt, trans. Cesare Foligno
- Robert Musil, Agathe: Or, The Forgotten Sister, trans. Joel Agee
- Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet, trans. Ann Goldstein
- Amara Lakhous, Divorce Islamic Style, trans. Ann Goldstein
- Amara Lakhous, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, trans. Ann Goldstein
- Lucy Ellmann, Sweet Desserts
- Lucy Ellmann, Varying Degrees of Hopelessness
- Barbara Bourland, Fake Like Me
- Jonathan Lethem, As She Climbed Across the Table
- Jonathan Lethem, Girl in Landscape
- Emmanuel Carrère, The Adversary, trans. Linda Coverdale
Exhibits
- “Hans Haacke: All Connected,” New Museum, New York
- “Carmen Argote: As Above, So Below,” New Museum
- Museum of Modern Art
- “A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate,” Institute for Study of the Ancient World
- Met Museum
Films
- The Limey, directed by Steven Soderbergh
- Uncut Gems, dir. Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie
- Little Women, dir. Greta Gerwig
- Blackkklansman, dir. Spike Lee