Eva Cheuk-Yin Li – The Conversation

Tinder Press/& Other Stories/Picador/Charco Press/Penguin International Writers

July 2, 2026

Your summer fiction reading list: five of the best reads of 2026 so far, according to our experts

David Nally, University of Cambridge; Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King's College London; Helen Vassallo, University of Exeter; Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University, and Stevie Marsden, Edinburgh Napier University

Five books that take you all over the world

International Booker Prize winners, novelist Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (left) and translator Lin King. Neo Gilder/Booker Prize Foundation

May 20, 2026

Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King's College London

Taiwan Travelogue’s hands-on translation makes it a worthy winner of the International Booker 2026

This year’s shortlisted books, described by the Booker judges as ‘remarkable’. India Hobson for Booker Prize Foundation

May 12, 2026

Vinicius de Carvalho, King's College London; Boriana Alexandrova, University of York; Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King's College London; Karolina Watroba, University of Edinburgh; Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, and Narguess Farzad, SOAS, University of London

Novelists and translators from Bulgaria to Brazil make up this this year’s impressive shortlist.

Wil (Michelle Krusiec) navigates a budding relationship with a dancer named Vivian (Lynn Chen). Maximum Film/Alamy

June 11, 2025

Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, Lancaster University

A woman’s desire and cultural expectation clash in this heartwarming romantic comedy.

The Loyal Pin (2024), the first period girls’ love series in Thailand. Idolfactory

February 17, 2025

Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, Lancaster University and Ka-Wei Pang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

The rise of queer romances for women in Thailand signals the emergence of more tolerant and progressive attitudes to LGBTQ+ people.