Have you read
a new book?

One evening every month, Uzbekistan's freshest titles step into the light — read aloud, debated, celebrated. Authors, translators, and curious minds in the same room.

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Next EditionEdition 07 · March 22
LocationTashkent

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Our manifesto

To turn an author's work into proper recognition — and a publisher's loyalty into real economic capital.
Yangi Kitob

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New book, new wave, new Uzbekistan

What is Yangi Kitob?

Each month — new translations, one big gathering, and thousands of new ideas. We're not refreshing your bookshelf; we're refreshing your worldview.

Our goals

We raise each new book to a new level and bring you the strongest titles first.

New premieres every month!

  1. 01Book launches
  2. 02First-hand meetings with authors and translators
  3. 03Introductions into new circles
  4. 04A community of readers
Our mission — to make every new book a national event.

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The library

Books we've presented

Original Uzbek literature alongside translations of important international titles. Every cover here was unveiled at one of our evenings.

One Day in the Galaxy · I
Edition 07

One Day in the Galaxy · I

Sa'dullo Quronov

A bold new Uzbek science-fiction trilogy. Volume one follows a single day on a galaxy-spanning research station as four crews — separated by light-years and language — race the same anomaly.

Details

  • PublisherNobel Press
  • Year2026
  • Pages320
  • LanguageUzbek
  • Featured atEdition 07
One Day in the Galaxy · II
Edition 07

One Day in the Galaxy · II

Sa'dullo Quronov

Volume two widens the trilogy's lens. New voices, harder choices, and the first hint of the trilogy's central mystery.

Details

  • PublisherNobel Press
  • Year2026
  • Pages384
  • LanguageUzbek
  • Featured atEdition 07
One Day in the Galaxy · III
Edition 07

One Day in the Galaxy · III

Sa'dullo Quronov

The trilogy's conclusion. Every thread converges in a single unforgettable night.

Details

  • PublisherNobel Press
  • Year2026
  • Pages412
  • LanguageUzbek
  • Featured atEdition 07
The Anxious Generation
Edition 06

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt's bestseller, in Uzbek. A clear-eyed look at how phone-based childhoods reshaped a generation — and what to do about it.

Details

  • PublisherFarengeyt Press
  • Year2026
  • Pages396
  • LanguageUzbek (translated)
  • Featured atEdition 06
The Lean Startup
Edition 06

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

Eric Ries's modern classic, translated for Uzbek founders. Build, measure, learn — and survive the early months without burning capital.

Details

  • PublisherGutenberg
  • Year2025
  • Pages432
  • LanguageUzbek (translated)
  • Featured atEdition 06

Have you read
a new book
this week?

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Ravshan Burxonov
Ravshan Burxonov
Translator and editor of the "Harvard Business Review" series, Gutenberg Publishing House

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The voices

Authors who've taken the stage

Sa'dullo Quronov
Novelist · Edition 07

Sa'dullo Quronov

Tashkent-based novelist whose Galaktikada Bir Kun trilogy is widely regarded as the first major work of contemporary Uzbek science fiction.

Details

  • Featured editions№07 · №01
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • One Day in the Galaxy · I
  • One Day in the Galaxy · II
  • One Day in the Galaxy · III
Dilshod Nazarov
Translator · Edition 07

Dilshod Nazarov

Translator working primarily from English. His translations of Haidt and Ries brought two essential modern non-fiction titles into Uzbek.

Details

  • Featured editions№07 · №06
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • Behalovat avlod (translation)
  • Tejamkor Startap (translation)
Malika Karimova
Essayist · Edition 07

Malika Karimova

Essayist and literary critic whose columns have appeared in Sharq Yulduzi and Nashr.

Details

  • Featured editions№07
  • Based inSamarkand

Notable works

  • First Page
  • Written in the Light
Akmal Yusupov
Translator · Edition 06

Akmal Yusupov

Translator and editor with a particular focus on Russian and English-language non-fiction.

Details

  • Featured editions№06 · №05
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • Strategiya (translation)
  • Kadrlarni boshqarish (translation)
Nargiza Rahimova
Editor · Edition 06

Nargiza Rahimova

Senior editor at one of Uzbekistan's leading independent publishing houses, working across fiction and translation.

Details

  • Featured editions№06
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • The Farengeyt Press translation series
Bobur Toshev
Critic · Edition 05

Bobur Toshev

Literary critic whose long-form pieces have shaped the conversation around contemporary Uzbek prose for over a decade.

Details

  • Featured editions№05 · №04
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • Essays of the Last Decade
  • A Map of New Prose
Zarina Ismoilova
Author · Edition 05

Zarina Ismoilova

Short-story writer and novelist, three-time finalist for the country's leading literary prize.

Details

  • Featured editions№05
  • Based inBukhara

Notable works

  • Behind the Door
  • Narrow Lane
  • Soundless Dawn
Feruza Olimova
Poet · Edition 04

Feruza Olimova

Poet whose work draws on classical Uzbek forms while engaging contemporary themes of memory, place, and movement.

Details

  • Featured editions№04
  • Based inTashkent

Notable works

  • Bright Evenings
  • Road Song

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The archive

Past editions

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Winter readings
№06

Winter readings

February 2026 · 5 books · 4 authors

A winter evening of new releases — five books, four authors. Themes of solitude, technology, and the long tail of pandemic childhoods.

Details

  • DateFebruary 14, 2026
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueNational Library, Hall A · Tashkent

Books presented

  • The Anxious Generation
  • The Lean Startup
  • Lonely Trees
  • Written at Night
  • Small Memories

Speakers

  • Akmal Yusupov
  • Nargiza Rahimova
  • Bobur Toshev
A new year, new pages
№05

A new year, new pages

January 2026 · 4 books · 4 authors

The first edition of the year, opening with a translator's panel on the Harvard Business Review series newly available in Uzbek.

Details

  • DateJanuary 18, 2026
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueNational Library, Hall A · Tashkent

Books presented

  • Strategy
  • HR Management
  • Leadership
  • The Four Rules of Management

Speakers

  • Bobur Toshev
  • Zarina Ismoilova
Year-end voices
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Year-end voices

December 2025 · 5 books · 5 authors

A reflective close to 2025: five new releases and a quiet retrospective on the editions held since September.

Details

  • DateDecember 21, 2025
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueIlkhom Theatre · Tashkent

Books presented

  • Among the Stars
  • Quiet Path
  • Yellow Trees
  • Distant Days
  • The Last Dawn of Autumn

Speakers

  • Feruza Olimova
Autumn at the library
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Autumn at the library

November 2025 · 3 books · 3 authors

Three new books, presented in the autumn light of Tashkent's National Library.

Details

  • DateNovember 16, 2025
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueNational Library, Hall A · Tashkent

Books presented

  • Leafy Evening
  • Warm Silence
  • Ulus
Second evening
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Second evening

October 2025 · 4 books · 4 authors

Our second gathering. Four authors, four very different rooms inside the same evening.

Details

  • DateOctober 19, 2025
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueCosmonauts Alley Gallery · Tashkent

Books presented

  • The City Behind the Wall
  • A Day That Wasn't
  • My Language
  • The Yellow Room
The first edition
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The first edition

September 2025 · 3 books · 3 authors

Where it began. Three books, three authors, one warm September night in Tashkent.

Details

  • DateSeptember 14, 2025
  • Time7:00 PM
  • VenueNational Library, Hall A · Tashkent

Books presented

  • One Day in the Galaxy · I
  • Light at Night
  • First Breath

Speakers

  • Sa'dullo Quronov
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