In what Ricardo Franco Levi calls 'a good year throughout Europe,' Italy in 2021 broke its own records, and publishers released 23 percent more titles.

The IPAF's 16 longlisted novels this year include work from nine nations and celebrate 'revival and development of the Arabic novel.'

This announcement comes as the Association of American Publishers has a court date on February 7 in its high-profile lawsuit of Maryland's library lending act.