Archipelago Books is an American not-for-profit publisher dedicated to promoting "cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation.
"[2] Located in Brooklyn, New York, it publishes small to mid-size runs of international fiction, poetry, and literary essays.
[3] On marking its 10th anniversary, Archipelago had published one hundred books, translated from more than twenty-six languages into English.
[3] As of the 15th anniversary in 2018, the company was publishing 15 to 16 books per year with a full-time staff of three.
[5] Archipelago's best-known authors include Elias Khoury, Julio Cortázar, Mahmoud Darwish, Scholastique Mukasonga, Nobel Prize-laureate Halldór Laxness, Breyten Breytenbach, Karl Ove Knausgård, Mircea Cărtărescu, Louis Couperus, Heinrich Heine, Novalis, Hugo Claus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Heinrich von Kleist, and Jacques Poulin.