Istros books is a London-based independent publisher of writers from South-East Europe and the Balkans, in English translation.^[1] It was set up in 2011 by Susan Curtis.^[2]

Notable publications include:

• Doppelgänger by Daša Drndić (Croatia), translated by Celia Hawkesworth & S.D. Curtis, 2018.
• Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić (Bosnia), translated by Coral Petkovich

Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (2019):^[3]

• Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent (2016) and Gaudeamus (2018) by Mircea Eliade (Romania), translated by Christopher Moncrieff and Christopher Bartholomew.^[4][5][6]
• Exile by Çiler İlhan (Turkey), translated by Aysegul Tososer Artes, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.^[7]
• The Son by Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegro), translated by Will Firth, 2013.^[8] The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.^[9]
• Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu (Romania), translated by Alistair Ian Blythe, with an afterword by Mircea Cărtărescu, winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.^[10][11]
• Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2016. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2013.^[12]
• Fairground Magician by Jelena Lengold (Serbia), translated by Celia Hawkesworth, 2013. The original work was a winner of the European Prize for Literature, 2011.^[13]

Other authors that Istros Books have published include: Dušan Šarotar, Robert Perišić, Julio Llamazares, Aleš Šteger, Ognjen Spahić, Goran Vojnović, Srećko Horvat, Slavoj Žižek, Alek Popov, Marija Knežević, Octavian Paler, Ayfer Tunç, Evald Flisar and Marinko Koščec.^[14]