Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 48 minutes ago

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I spent 72 hours in Bilbao, Spain hoping six weird little books would help me fall in love with reading again...

It's been a weird year and I've been in a reading slump of the slow down variety, so the only thing to do was to pick up some short, strange fiction to feel something again. Literary fiction and translated books, of course. And also to run away to the Basque Country for a few days of escape in gorgeous Bilbao.

If you are looking for short books, novellas, or translated literature to help you get out of your own reading slump, I hope these recommendations help.

00:47 - The Rainy Spell (London)
05:08 - The Most (Bilbao)
10:29 - The Factory (San Sebastián)
18:08 - The Witch (Hertfordshire)
22:03 - Ways of Seeing & The Visitor (Home)

Books Mentioned
The Rainy Spell by Yun Heung Gil
The Most by Jessica Anthony
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
The Witch by Marie Ndiaye
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
The Visitor by Maeve Brennan