• The Best European Graphic Novels - Last of the Atlases Fabien Vehlmann, Gwen de Bonneval, Edward Gauvin (translator)
  • The Best European Graphic Novels - The Labyrinth by Guido Buzzelli & Jamie Richards (translator)
  • The Best European Graphic Novels - Irmina by Barbara Yelin & Michael Waaler (translator)
  • The Best European Graphic Novels - Dirty Thirty: Thirty Years of Making a Scene by Stripburger
  • The Best European Graphic Novels - The ABC of Typography David Rault, Edward Gauvin (translator)

The Best European Graphic Novels, recommended by Edward Gauvin

The European graphic novel scene has unparalleled range. From indie science fiction to historical fiction, from France to Slovenia, there’s a sheer diversity of styles, palettes, and stories on display. Fulbright-winning and Eisner-nominated translator Edward Gauvin recommends five European graphic novels that show off the continent’s best writers, artists, and writer-artists.

  • The best books on Bosnia - Postcards from the Grave by Emir Suljagic
  • The best books on Bosnia - The Quick and the Dead: Under Siege in Sarajevo by Janine di Giovanni
  • The best books on Bosnia - Genocide on the Drina River by Edina Becirevic
  • The best books on Bosnia - When Neighbors Were Real Human Beings by Eli Tauber
  • The best books on Bosnia - A Balkan Journey by Chris Leslie

The best books on Bosnia, recommended by Velma Šarić

As a teenager, Velma Šarić’s hometown of Kladanj welcomed refugees from eastern Bosnia as it was bombed and shelled, her primary school eventually becoming a shelter for people fleeing the massacre at Srebenica. Now she runs Sarajevo’s Post-Conflict Research Centre, trying to prevent anything like it from ever happening again. She recommends books to read on the Bosnian War and explains that it was not a war between different communities, but rather an assault on the country’s multiethnic, multicultural identity.

  • The best books on Charlemagne - King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson
  • The best books on Charlemagne - Charlemagne: Empire and Society by Joanna Story (editor)
  • The best books on Charlemagne - Ich und Karl der Große: Das Leben des Höflings Einhard by Steffen Patzold
  • The best books on Charlemagne - Charlemagne's Practice of Empire by Jennifer Davis
  • The best books on Charlemagne - Conquest and Christianization: Saxony and the Carolingian World, 772–888 by Ingrid Rembold
  • The best books on Charlemagne - Saxon Identities, AD 150-900 by Robert Flierman

The best books on Charlemagne, recommended by Carine van Rhijn

We call him Charlemagne, but it was not a name that was used in his own lifetime. His conquests stretched across vast swathes of Europe, but he probably didn’t set out to become an emperor. Much has been written about him, but very little is known. Dutch historian Carine van Rhijn, a lecturer at the University of Utrecht, recommends the best books on Charles, King of the Franks.