2023 Books and Tea Reading Challenge - hosted by witchlingaria

In Other Words
Read a book (translated into your language) that's considered a classic in its original language
All books added
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

5 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

340 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai

175 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Edogawa Rampo

222 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

458 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense & Sensibility

Jane Austen

192 pages • first pub 1811 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary philosophy dark reflective medium-paced
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Extraordinary Voyages #6

Jules Verne

532 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

fiction classics literary science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced