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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Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Reykjavík: A Crime Story

Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

An Elderly Lady #1

Helene Tursten

171 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime short stories dark funny fast-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri

The Terra-Cotta Dog

Commissario Montalbano #2

Andrea Camilleri

352 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction crime mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

The Honjin Murders

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1

Seishi Yokomizo

189 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti

I'm Not Scared

Niccolò Ammaniti

224 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl by Markiyan Kamysh

Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl

Markiyan Kamysh

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

The Ardent Swarm

Yamen Manai

4 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

187 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
In the Shadow of Wolves by Alvydas Šlepikas

In the Shadow of Wolves

Alvydas Šlepikas

208 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical dark sad tense medium-paced