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

All books added
Jamilia by Chingiz Aïtmatov

Jamilia

Chingiz Aïtmatov

96 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Abyss by Pilar Quintana

Abyss

Pilar Quintana

219 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

274 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar

Death on a Galician Shore

Leo Caldas #2

Domingo Villar

371 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Body on the Beach by Anna Johannsen

The Body on the Beach

Island Mystery series #1

Anna Johannsen

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
After Dark by Haruki Murakami

After Dark

Haruki Murakami

191 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism mysterious reflective medium-paced
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

113 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Manga) #1-2

Yoru Sumino

440 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction manga romance emotional sad medium-paced
The Blunder by Mutt-Lon

The Blunder

Mutt-Lon

5 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #1

Hisashi Kashiwai

201 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced