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 :)!

Read 10 books in translation (2024)

emvdw Host

17 participants (127 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2024ENDS: 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

All books added

A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai

A Simple Intervention
Yael Inokai with Marielle Sutherland (Translator)

187 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai

A Simple Intervention

Yael Inokai with Marielle Sutherland (Translator)

187 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Singularity by Dino Buzzati

The Singularity
Dino Buzzati with Anne Milano Appel (Translator)

136 pages • first pub 1960 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian medium-paced

fiction dystopian medium-paced

The Singularity by Dino Buzzati

The Singularity

Dino Buzzati with Anne Milano Appel (Translator)

136 pages • first pub 1960 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian medium-paced

fiction dystopian medium-paced

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman with Ros Schwartz (Translator), Sophie Mackintosh (Contributor)

173 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman with Ros Schwartz (Translator), Sophie Mackintosh (Contributor)

173 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

River of Fire by Qurratulain Hyder

River of Fire
Qurratulain Hyder

540 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary

fiction classics literary

River of Fire by Qurratulain Hyder

River of Fire

Qurratulain Hyder

540 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary

fiction classics literary

Fresh Dirt From the Grave by Giovanna Rivero

Fresh Dirt From the Grave
Giovanna Rivero with Isabel Adey (Translator)

157 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Fresh Dirt From the Grave by Giovanna Rivero

Fresh Dirt From the Grave

Giovanna Rivero with Isabel Adey (Translator)

157 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Ten Planets: Stories by Yuri Herrera

Ten Planets: Stories
Yuri Herrera with Lisa Dillman (Translator)

120 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

Ten Planets: Stories by Yuri Herrera

Ten Planets: Stories

Yuri Herrera with Lisa Dillman (Translator)

120 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère

The Moustache
Emmanuel Carrère with Lanie Goodman (Translator)

176 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère

The Moustache

Emmanuel Carrère with Lanie Goodman (Translator)

176 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced

Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu

Dogs of Summer
Andrea Abreu with Julia Sanches (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu

Dogs of Summer

Andrea Abreu with Julia Sanches (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle by Roque Dalton

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle
Roque Dalton with Jack Hirschmann (Translator), Barbara Paschke (Translator)

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction poetry

fiction poetry

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle by Roque Dalton

Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle

Roque Dalton with Jack Hirschmann (Translator), Barbara Paschke (Translator)

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction poetry

fiction poetry

The Thorn and the Carnation (Complete Works) by Yahya Al-Sinwar

The Thorn and the Carnation (Complete Works)
Yahya Al-Sinwar

348 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction politics

nonfiction politics

The Thorn and the Carnation (Complete Works) by Yahya Al-Sinwar

The Thorn and the Carnation (Complete Works)

Yahya Al-Sinwar

348 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction politics

nonfiction politics

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