Backlist Bookshelf Challenge - hosted by mtownreads

A book that's been translated from another language
Try out a book translated from a language that you're not familiar with. Ideally it would be a language that you've never read a translated work from before.
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La Garúa by Zidrou

La Garúa

L'adoption #2

Zidrou

72 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction comics adventurous informative medium-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Lover's Discourse by Xiaolu Guo

A Lover's Discourse

Xiaolu Guo

5 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
La profezia della curandera by Hernán Huarache Mamani, Barbara Cavallero

La profezia della curandera

Hernán Huarache Mamani, Barbara Cavallero

382 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction magical realism inspiring slow-paced
The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman

The Opposite of a Person

Lieke Marsman

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary philosophy reflective medium-paced
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

160 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction magical realism emotional reflective fast-paced
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

512 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-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 horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced