The authors and translators on the International Booker Prize longlist. Image: The Booker Prize Foundation
By Erin L. Cox, Publisher | @erinlcox
With the London and Bologna Book Fairs behind us and the literary award season in full swing, there is a keen focus from publishers on acquiring great books that can appeal to any audience, anywhere.This month’s roundup features just those types of books, highlighting great voices, important topics, and books that are already getting acclaim.
RIGHTS ROUNDUP
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A Lovely Little Planet
By Oğuz Demir
- Publisher: Can Çocuk Yayınları
- Original language: Turkish
- Rights contact: Nazlı Gürkaş – The Black Cat Agency
- Book info: Read more here
Reported rights deal:
- Slovenian – Pipinova
Featured on The 2026 BRAW Amazing Bookshelf
A cosmic quest for belonging: Captain Careless searches for a peaceful planet to call home with his robot friend, Cuppy—but his harmful habits keep destroying each new world. When their latest planet is at risk, Cuppy helps him face the consequences, and together they try to save it.
The Duca Lamberti Series
By Giorgio Scerbanenco
- Publisher: La nave di Teseo
- Rights contact: Emanuele Malpezzi at PNLA
- Book info: Read more here
Reported rights sales:
- Newest: World Spanish – PRH – Salamandra
- UK : Penguin Modern Classics / US : Penguin Random House – Modern Library / France : Gallmeister
The classic series from the “Italian Simenon” Giorgio Scerbanenco, hailed as the “godfather of Italian Noir.”
Duca Lamberti is a doctor-turned-detective that investigates in 1950’s Milan, exploiting the conventions of the American hard-boiled genre to critique Italian society and politics and tackling themes such as violence against women, the rise of organized crime, and urbanization and alienation.
The Nights Are Quiet In Teheran
By Shida Bazyar
- Publisher: KiWi Verlag
- Rights contact: Mona Pfletschinger, KiWi Verlag
- Book info: Read more here
Reported rights sales:
- Newest: Arabic/Markaz Takafi Arabi
- Brazil: Instante Editora / France: Editions Slatkine / Greece: Psichogios / Italy: Fandango / Netherlands: Nieuw Amsterdam / Poland: Znak / Romania: HUMANITAS / Slovenia: Morfemplus / Turkey: İthaki / World English: Scribe / Ukraine: under negotiation
Shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize
Set across four decades, from 1979 to 2009, this is a polyphonic novel of one family’s flight from and return to Iran. A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
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