Read a book that's been translated from another language

Big Book Reading 2024 - hosted by time4reading

For this prompt, explore translated books. There's a world of books out there, outside of what's written in English (or in whatever language you read in). This prompt is to help you seek out a wide range of voices.

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Midnattsbarn
Salman Rushdie with Kari Risvik (Translator)

734 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging funny reflective slow-paced

Midnattsbarn

Salman Rushdie with Kari Risvik (Translator)

734 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging funny reflective slow-paced

The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone

The House on Via Gemito
Domenico Starnone with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

480 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark slow-paced

The House on Via Gemito

Domenico Starnone with Oonagh Stransky (Translator)

480 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark slow-paced

Mater 2-10
Hwang Sok-yong with Sora Kim-Russell (Translator), Youngjae Josephine Bae (Translator)

486 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Mater 2-10

Hwang Sok-yong with Sora Kim-Russell (Translator), Youngjae Josephine Bae (Translator)

486 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Independent People
Sjálfstætt fólk #1-4

Halldór Laxness

512 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

Independent People

Sjálfstætt fólk #1-4

Halldór Laxness

512 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

Swann's Way
In Search of Lost Time #1

Marcel Proust with Lydia Davis (Translator)

468 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional sad slow-paced

Swann's Way

In Search of Lost Time #1

Marcel Proust with Lydia Davis (Translator)

468 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional sad slow-paced

Within a Budding Grove
In Search of Lost Time #2

Marcel Proust with Terence Kilmartin (Translator), C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)

784 pages • first pub 1918 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced

Within a Budding Grove

In Search of Lost Time #2

Marcel Proust with Terence Kilmartin (Translator), C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)

784 pages • first pub 1918 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced

My Work
Olga Ravn with Sophia Hersi Smith (Translator), Jennifer Russell (Translator)

392 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

My Work

Olga Ravn with Sophia Hersi Smith (Translator), Jennifer Russell (Translator)

392 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Bröst och ägg : En sommarberättelse by Mieko Kawakami

Bröst och ägg : En sommarberättelse
Mieko Kawakami with Yukiko Duke (Translator)

520 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Bröst och ägg : En sommarberättelse

Mieko Kawakami with Yukiko Duke (Translator)

520 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
Amanda Svensson with Nichola Smalley (Translator)

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding

Amanda Svensson with Nichola Smalley (Translator)

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Pachinko
Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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