Ukrainian Literature

Ivanhoe, or a Man Is is ironic prose by Liudmyla Taran about men through a woman's eyes, a reimagining of the chivalric myth in modern reality.

Me and My Don Juan is a novel by Mariia Tkachivska, an ironic love story in which the myth of Don Juan is refracted through a woman's gaze.

Colony is a novel by Vasyl Trakalo about a closed community with its own laws, hierarchy, and struggle for survival.

House of Salt is a novel by Svitlana Taratorina where a house becomes a space of memory, pain, and purification — like salt that heals wounds.

Selected Works. Volume 2 is the second volume of Vasyl Teren's selected works, including the author's prose, poetry, and journalism.

The 16th Spring is a novella by Vasyl Terenko about youth, first feelings, and that spring of life when the world truly opens up for the first time.

Angel from Ukraine is a work by Halyna Tarasiuk about the bright essence of the Ukrainian soul and people who become angels for others.

The Land of Georgiy is a novel by Andriy Sanchenko about land — as territory, inheritance, and symbol of belonging.

Mud is a work by the author known as S.S. (sasgol), a maximally candid text about the dark sides of life and human nature.

Selected Works is a collection of the best works by Mykhailo Stelmakh, a classic of 20th-century Ukrainian literature and master of the folk word.

Zhyznia (Life) is a book by Oleh Sentsov, written in captivity. The title is a deliberate distortion of the word "life," reflecting the absurdity and pain of prison existence.

I, Nina is a novel by Yana Sokolova, written in the first person — a confession of a woman searching for herself in a world that leaves no room for doubt.

Selected Works is a collection of the finest poems by Borys Oliinyk, one of the leading Ukrainian poets of the second half of the 20th century.

The Elder Boyar is a novel by Todos Osmachka, a Ukrainian émigré poet, about Kyivan Rus', power, and human dignity.

Sievierodonetsk is a book by Svitlana Oslavska about the city of Sievierodonetsk, which became a symbol of war and resistance in eastern Ukraine.

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