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2025 Chytomo Award is open for applications Nominations for the 2025 Chytomo Award for outstanding achievements in Ukrainian book publishing and literature, supported by the International Renaissance Foundation, are now being accepted.

We are accepting nominations for the 2025 Chytomo Award for outstanding achievements in Ukrainian book publishing and literature! Deadline: Oct, 31, 2025 (23:59). The Award this year is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation and Frankfurter Buchmesse:

Ukrainian political scientist Halyna Herasym has won the Translated Book Award from the Peterson Literary Fund for her translation of “On Freedom,” written by US historian Timothy Snyder and released by Crown Publishing. chytomo.com/en/halyna-he... And here is the Ukrainian book cover:

Ukrainian publisher of Gábor Maté, Carlos González, and Michel Odent hit by Russian drone strike As a result of a Russian strike, the warehouse of Ukrainian publisher Smaki was damaged. During the drone attack on Dnipro on Sept. 30, 2025, Russian forces hit the publisher’s warehouse, leading to t...

Ukrainian publisher of Gábor Maté, Carlos González, and Michel Odent hit by Russian drone strike chytomo.com/en/ukrainian...

The project is implemented in partnership with snig.digital — web & app design, Kavi.Agency, PEN Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Book Institute!

And of course, this project would not be possible without translators around the world who make Ukrainian books accessible to readers everywhere!

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We have 3 language versions: English, German and Spanish. French is coming soon!
With Chapter Ukraine, you can:
🔎 Browse and filter the catalogue by genre, theme, or historical period
📚 Create your own curated lists
📤 Share them directly with libraries and bookstores

We are celebrating today’s International Translation Day with the launch of a project we’ve been dreaming about for years! 🎉
Here is Chapter Ukraine – an interactive digital platform that brings together comprehensive information about Ukrainian books available in translation: chapterukraine.com

Supported by the European Union and the House of Europe, as part of the Cultural Journalism Exchange (Greece Edition), in collaboration with Chytomo.

“Culture is a battlefield.
If we don’t save our memories,
we won’t save ourselves.”

O.Chepelyk

In this piece, Yannis writes about how a cultural program in Greece in 2019 became a lasting testimony of artistic resistance, reflecting on works and experiences of Oksana Chepelyk, Kristina Lu-Lu, and Inna Burdeina.

From Epidaurus to the Art Shelters - KROMA From Epidaurus to the Art Shelters Six years later, a meeting of Greek and Ukrainian creators still echoes — even in times of war. How a cultural program in Greece in 2019 became a lasting testimony o...

We continue the series of articles on the dialogue between Ukrainian and Greek cultures with an article by Yannis Spanoudis from Kroma magazine.

kromamagazine.com/epidaurus-uk...

This article is a result of the Cultural Journalism Exchange (Greece edition) project supported by the House of Europe . Soon we will share you more articles and details from this project, stay tuned!

Three Writers in the War Zone: 'Three and a half years later, we are still here' Literature, music, and art were their natural domain. But the Russian invasion forced them into a different arena – one where the very existence of their country is at stake. Their personal testimonie...

The voices of Liza Zharikova, Valeriy Puzik, and Artem Chapaye are now highlighted for Greek audiences, and we are happy to help this happen. Lucas is a very important bridge between our audiences, so we hope to create more meaningful content together.
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We are proud to share with you the article of our Greek colleague, a journalist, Lucas Velidakis, who made a powerful story on Ukrainian authors serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“Melody of Coffee in the Flavor of Cardamom” by Natalia Gurnitska

10/22 “Melody of Coffee in the Flavor of Cardamom” by Natalia Gurnitska

Gurnitska combines a classic love story with a realistic portrayal of Lviv in the early 20th century.

Copies sold: 87,553
Release year: 2012

“Red” by Andriy Kokotiukha

9/22 “Red” by Andriy Kokotiukha

In 2013, Vysokyi Zamok media wrote that in Ukraine, Andriy Kokotiukha’s historical adventure novel “Red” had outsold books by Stephen King himself!

Copies sold: 56,000
Release year: 2012

“Tango of Death” by Yuri Vynnychuk

8/22 “Tango of Death” by Yuri Vynnychuk

The book shows the intertwined fates of four friends (a Ukrainian, a Pole, a German, and a Jew) from pre-war and wartime Lviv — who, through the horrors of war and occupation, maintain their friendship.

Copies sold: 90,000+
Release year: 2012

“Felix Austria” by Sofia Andrukhovych

7/22 “Felix Austria” by Sofia Andrukhovych

This atmospheric story tells about two women who are connected by a shared childhood and a complex emotional dependence, and unfolds in the cozy streets and cafes of the former Stanislaviv, now Ivano-Frankivsk

Copies sold: 56,799
Release year: 2014

“Daughter” by Tamara Duda

6/22 “Daughter” by Tamara Duda

A story of the people's fate during the early days of the RU occupation of Donetsk, is about fear and dignity, betrayal and support, and how someone can stay humane in a place where it seems there’s no space for kindness

Copies sold: 33,000
Release year: 2019

“Ask Miechka” by Eugenia Kuznetsova

5/22 “Ask Miechka” by Eugenia Kuznetsova

A story of a family, where daily routines and conversations slowly uncover past traumas, misunderstandings, and the fragile bonds between generations. BBC Book of the Year 2021, EU Prize for Literature 2022

Copies sold: 68,412
Release: 2021

4/22 “There is Land Beyond Perekop” by Anastasiia Levkova

4/22 “There is Land Beyond Perekop” by Anastasiia Levkova

The novel has become one of the most notable Ukrainian books about Crimea, describing the history of the peninsula since the late 1980s and its culture, political atmosphere, and interethnic relations.

Copies sold: 70,000
Release: 2023

“New Dark Ages: Colony” by Max Kidruk

3/22 “New Dark Ages: Colony” by Max Kidruk

A must-read if translated into your language, this novel represents the brightest and most ambitious side of Ukrainian science fiction (watch out! 900+ pages)

Copies sold: 61,000
Release ear: 2022

“I See You Are Interested in Darkness” by Illarion Pavliuk Publisher

2/22 “I See You Are Interested in Darkness” by Illarion Pavliuk Publisher

Psychological thriller about a criminal psychologist working in a small town where a maniac works. Accompanied by a whole series of allusions to lit works, cinema, and visual art.

Copies sold: 146,335
Release year: 2020

“Dancing with Bones” by Andriy Semyankiv (MEDGoblin).

1/22 “Dancing with Bones” by Andriy Semyankiv (MEDGoblin).

This medical detective story by a Ukrainian blogger now serving as a military medic explores how we inevitably face life-changing decisions.

Copies sold: 93,000
Firstly published: 2022

Ukrainian best-selling books

Hey! Our team conducted a mini research to define the most popular books by contemporary Ukrainian authors – published after 1991 in the largest print runs. Here is a list of 22 books. Let's move from the newest titles – back to 90s 👇👇👇

From Pushkin to Putin: Russian Literature’s Imperial Ideology Russian classical literature, chock full of dehumanizing nationalism, reads disturbingly familiar today.

6/ Here's also a great article: Learn more here: foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/25/r...

The Pushkin heist: who is stealing rare editions of Russian classics? Nearly 200 volumes have gone missing from libraries across Europe. Some suspect it is another “special operation”

5/ The Economist: It's published in all editions of Pushkin’s collected works, and “Pushkin himself thought it was hugely important,” Bojanowska told me. And yet it is rarely included in curriculums, even in the West. “It’s kind of like this dirty little secret” www.economist.com/1843/2025/08...

4/ btw, as The Economist wrote – "Russia’s wars and colonial conquests appear frequently in Pushkin’s work..." "In 1831, Pushkin wrote the poem “To the Slanderers of Russia” in support of the violent suppression of a rebellion in PL by RU troops..." >>

Kharkiv region - destroyed Polovtsian stone statue. Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Culture

A Scythian gold helmet (L) from the 4th century BC

3/ The Economist: "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has allowed its forces to transfer objects like stone-age sculptures and gold Scythian decorative works out of annexed territories with impunity".

2/ The Economist: "Since the annexation of Crimea, a clutch of government groups, including the Ministry of Culture, FSB, and the RU Historical Society (whose chairman is Naryshkin, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service), have allegedly abetted the theft of cultural artefacts from abroad."

1/ The Economist published intersting longread. Between 2022 and 2023, nearly 200 unique books by #RussianClassics disappeared from European libraries. Similar thefts were recorded in LV, LT, EE, PL and FR. Some of the stolen books ended up at auctions held by the Moscow auction house. Why?