novels
Todos os santos
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2019
Shortlisted - São Paulo Award
Shortlisted - Jabuti Award
Hanói (Hanoi)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2013
Shortlisted - São Paulo Award
Azul corvo (Crow Blue)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2014
(first edition: Ed. Rocco, 2010)
Shortlisted - São Paulo Award
An Independent book of the year
Rakushisha (Hut of
Fallen Persimmons)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2015
(first edition: Ed. Rocco, 2007)
Shortlisted - Jabuti Award,
Zaffari-Bourbon Award (Brazil),
Casino da Póvoa Award (Portugal)
Um beijo de colombina
(Colombine's Kiss)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2015
(first edition: Ed. Rocco, 2003)
Shortlisted - Jabuti Award, Zaffari-Bourbon Award (Brazil)
Sinfonia em branco
(Symphony in White)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2014
(first edition: Ed. Rocco, 2001)
José Saramago Award
Shortlisted - Prix des Lectrices de "Elle" (France), PEN Translation Prize (USA)
Os fios da memória
(The Threads of Memory)
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 1999 - OUT OF PRINT
Shortlisted - José Saramago Award
poetry
Pequena música
(Tiny Melody)
Ed. Iluminuras, Brazil, 2018
Honorable mention - Casa de las Américas Award, Cuba
Chosen a book of the year by Bravo! magazine, Brazil
Deriva
(Adrift)
Ed. Relicário, Brazil, 2019
O vivo (The Living)
Ed. Relicário, Brazil, 2021
Parte da paisagem
(Part of the Landscape)
Ed. Iluminuras, Brazil, 2014
short stories
for children and young adults
Contos populares japoneses
(Japanese Folk Tales)
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 2014
Highly Recommended, FNLIJ / IBBY (Brazil)
for children and young adults
Língua de trapos
(A Tongue Made of Scraps)
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 2005
Highly Recommended, FNLIJ / IBBY (Brazil)
Newcomer of the Year Award, FNLIJ / IBBY (Brazil)
Illustrated by Rui de Oliveira
A sereia e o caçador de borboletas
(The Mermaid and the Butterfly
Hunter)
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 2009
Illustrated by Rui de Oliveira
O coração às vezes para de bater
(The Heart Sometimes Stops Beating)
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 2014
selected by the Club du Vif d'Or (France)
novella for young adults
O sucesso (Success)
Ed. Alfaguara, Brazil, 2016
Shortlisted - Jabuti Award
Um rei sem majestade
Ed. Rocco, Brazil, 2018
Illustrated by Lúcia Brandão
anthologies (selected titles)
Modern Poetry in Translation no.3 2019 - I Have Not Known a Grief Like This (UK)
Modern Poetry in Translation no.1 2014 - Twisted Angels (UK)
Sonofabook 2, Spring 2016 (CB Editions, UK)
Rio Noir (Casa da Palavra, Brazil)
MPT - Modern Poetry in Translation - Twisted Angels
Microcontos - Minigeschichten aus Brasilien (dtv, Germany)
Entre as quatro linhas (dsop, Brazil) - translated in Germany, Finland and France
Granta vol. 10 (Alfaguara, Brazil)
Brasilien Berätter: Ljud av Steg (Bokförlaget Tranan, Sweden)
Brazil: a Traveler's Literary Companion (Whereabouts Press, USA)
Dicionário amoroso da língua portuguesa (Casa da Palavra, Brazil)
Lusofônica - la nuova narrativa in lingua portoghese (La Nuova Frontiera, Italy)
Rio literário (Casa da Palavra, Brazil)
Aquela canção (PubliFolha, Brazil)
25 mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira (Record, Brazil)