Read 10 books in translation (2024)

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17 participants (127 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

Read 10 books, translated from a language you don't speak! Want an extra challenge: read books by 10 different authors too. Even more difficult: each book translated from a different language :)!

Challenge Books

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The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store Vol. 1 by Tsuchika Nishimura

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store Vol. 1

Tsuchika Nishimura

146 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fantasy manga funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective sad slow-paced
Beowulf: A New Translation by Unknown

Beowulf: A New Translation

Unknown

176 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life by Marie Kondo

Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

Marie Kondo

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction design philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Aeneid by Virgil

The Aeneid

Virgil

464 pages • first pub -19 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging medium-paced
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

You Dreamed of Empires

Álvaro Enrigue

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica

154 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1

美少女戦士セーラームーン / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon #1

Naoko Takeuchi

200 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki #1

Baek Se-hee

194 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

201 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced