Pushkin Press

We’re beyond honoured to be @thebritishbookawards Independent Publisher of the Year 2026! ‘At Pushkin Press we truly believe in the books we publish, we believe in the power of a cacophony of voices speaking across borders, we believe in art, and we do what we do with love’ - Laura Macaulay, Publishing Director and Deputy MD THANK YOU to every single one of our readers, to the wonderful booksellers, to the people who work so hard behind the scenes, for loving our books the way we do. We can’t wait to keep telling the world’s best stories 🫶 @_thebookseller

The first 100 Pushkin Press Classics - how many have you read? 📖 If you need a recommendation to get you started, here’s three GEMS that deserve more attention: 🐇 The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna, translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas - the witty and mordant modern classic following a journalists who befriends an injured hare and embarks into the wilderness 🌊 Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, translated from the Japanese by Edwin McClellan - a hauntingly beautiful melodrama exploring the friendship between a young man and his mentor 🌖 Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb, translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix - the turbulent story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia Which book is being added to your TBR first? 📚 #bookstagram #bookspines #classics #translatedfiction #pushkinpress (Yes they’re arranged by colour please don’t come for us they look so pretty it was the best way by far to do this post) Series design by @jowalkerbookdesign

Strange Buildings by Uketsu Cover design by Luke Bird @lookbird Pushkin Vertigo | Paperback | 26/02/2026

Queen Mab by Emily McBride Cover design by Kimberly Glyder @kglyder ONE | Hardback | 27.08.26 A new mother becomes convinced her child has been stolen from her crib and replaced by an otherworldly changeling in the darkly beautiful Queen Mab. Emily McBride’s eerie, propulsive debut is yours in August - proofs copies are in for those who want the magic early 🦊 @emily_mcbride_author

‘See if you can ignore my right foot up yer [******] [*****] pipe ye bony auld [****]’ Rat Race publishes today for crime fans that are done with cosy. DCI Ally McCoist is very far from cosy. ‘Filth has never been such fun’ — The Times @callumrmcsorley is the author of Squeaky Clean (winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year) and Paperboy, the unmissable first two thrillers in the series Cover design by @kid.alt #bookstagram #crimebooks #crimeseries

You asked, we answered. The Murder at the Black Cat Cafe series-matching collector’s edition will be available from 2nd July. Purr 🐈‍⬛ (But don’t worry, the iconic original cover isn’t going anywhere either!) And if you want brand-new Seishi Yokomizo, She Walks at Night publishes 21st May – only a couple of weeks to wait 👣 Cover design by @__anna__morrison__ #bookcover #bookstagram #yokomizo #japanesefiction #mysterybooks

May Day - ‘the strongest symbol of modernity’s continued fascination with folklore, its reluctance to let go of all the old celebrations and rites.’ We hope you’re celebrating today 🌞 Find the rhythms of a richer time with Rebecca Tamás’ intellectually penetrating and richly lyrical poetic memoir, The Book of Mysteries, yours on 4th June 2026. @rebeccatamas22 ‘A wonderfully unmooring passage through a year that connects to life that is deeper, looser and more true’ - Amina Cain, author of ‘Indelicacy’ @amina_memory ‘A delicious exploration of the ritual year, ripe with the uncanny’ - Katherine May, author of ‘Wintering’ @katherinemay_ Preorder now 🌝 #bookstagram #mayday #ritual #folklore #nonfiction

***CLOSED*** Ready for more strange?! The Strange Pictures manga is about to be YOURS in English! WIN a copy of the first adaptation, along with the Strange Pictures novel, pin, lanyard, AND Pushkin Vertigo t-shirt! TO ENTER, simply: 🍱 FOLLOW @pushkin_press @titancomics @titanmangahq 🍱 LIKE this post 🍱 COMMENT tagging someone who needs more Uketsu in their life 👻 UK only, closes 4th May #bookstagram #bookgiveaway #uketsu #manga #bestseller

‘How could Bazterrica have written THAT ENDING?’ If Tender is the Flesh still has you in a chokehold, or if you’re yet to read the dystopian viral sensation, this beautiful new edition is essential. With over ONE MILLION copies sold in English, now is the time to read (or reread and reread) this cult classic. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses Special edition with brand-new afterword publishing 14th May, with new cover by @emmaewbankdesign #Translated #tenderistheflesh #weirdgirllit

Triple the strangeness 👻👻👻 If you were looking for a moment to start/complete/reread the Uketsu series, the time is NOW! Get addicted to solving the mysteries 🗝️ P.S. what colours should the next one be?! Vote below 🗳️ Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, and Strange Buildings by Uketsu, translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion, OUT NOW from Pushkin Vertigo @uketsu_ @jim_in_yamaguchi #bookstagram #bestseller #japanesecrime #translatedfiction #mysterybooks

There are now 100 Pushkin Press Classics! With over 150 authors and translators, from 26 countries, 17 languages, and across 400 years of literary history, we have something for every reader 📚 The list brings you timeless storytelling by icons of literature such as Stefan Zweig, Teffi and Antal Szerb. These titles represent the best of fiction and non-fiction, hand-picked from around the globe – from Russia to Japan, France to the Americas – boasting fresh selections, new translations and stylishly designed covers. Featuring widely acclaimed authors from across the ages, these are the world’s best stories – to be read and read again. Thank you for ALL your support over the past couple of years! Which are your favourites so far, and what ones are you most excited to read next? 🔖 Here’s some recommendations to get you started if you’re new to the list: 🐚The Living Stones: Cornwall by Ithell Colquhoun 🌸Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, translated by Hilda Rosner 🪑The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell 💛Silence by Shusaku Endo, translated by William Johnston 📔Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, translated by Ann Goldstein ❄️Ice by Anna Kavan 🏃‍♂️The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated by Philip Boehm 🌊Troubled Waters by Ichiyo Higuchi, translated by Bryan Karetnyk Happy reading!!

Spring is here and so are new book recommendations 🌱 From an occultist cult travelogue to new literary fiction, one of our original short Japanese masterpieces to an upcoming memoir that will truly change your life, as well as a charming children’s classic, we have something for every reader 🌷 The Living Stones: Cornwall, Ithell Colquhoun Elegy Southwest, @madeleine_watts Spring Garden, Tomoka Shibaski, translated by @pollybukuro The Book of Mysteries: Wild Time and the Ritual Year, @rebeccatamas22 , publishing 4th June 2026 The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, @pushkinchildrens (this is us manifesting the sun comes back soon btw 🌞) #bookstagram #springreads #litfic #pushkinpress #independentpublisher