“Beautiful World, Where Are You” follows the lives of four young adults—Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon—as they navigate complex relationships, personal ambitions, and the challenges of contemporary life. The novel delves into themes of love, friendship, and the search for meaning in an ever-changing world.​ Sally Rooney is an acclaimed Irish author known for her insightful exploration of modern relationships and societal dynamics. Her previous novels, “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People,” have garnered critical acclaim and a wide readership.

“The Flea Palace” is a novel set in Istanbul’s Bonbon Palace, a once-grand apartment building now in disrepair. The story interweaves the lives of its diverse residents, including a womanizing academic, a cleanliness-obsessed woman and her lice-ridden daughter, a lapsed Jew seeking true love, and a naive mistress with a mysterious past. When the building’s garbage is stolen, a series of events unfolds, leading the residents on a quest for truth and self-discovery. Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-six languages. She is the author of nineteen books, twelve of which are novels, and is a bestselling author in many countries around the world.