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As youÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ve probably noticed, the Why This Book Should Win series has basically taken over the website. Our plan is to highlight all 35 titles longlisted for the Best Translated Book Awards before the announcement of the finalists on Tuesday, April 19th. Most of these posts are written by BTBA judges, although a number of reviewers, booksellers, readers, and Three Percent fans are contributing as well.

WeÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ve been lining people up for these posts as fast as possible, but we do have a handful of titles waiting to be assigned. So, if youÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ve already read one of these, and are interested in writing something up for the website (IÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ll need it by the end of the week), just email me at chad.post [at] rochester.edu. First come, first serve. And remember, these posts donÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™t have to be carefully crafted reviewsÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”just passionate responses on why these particular titles are so great.

Here are the books that we still need people to cover:

A General Theory of Oblivion
Nowhere to Be Found
French Perfume
Sphinx
The Body Where I Was Born
I Refuse
The Four Books

Thanks in advance!