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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Finsterhaus: Kriminalroman by Johanna Mo

Finsterhaus: Kriminalroman

The Island Murders #2

Johanna Mo

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
CATS by Caterina Gromis di Trana

CATS

Caterina Gromis di Trana

736 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction reference
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

282 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Black Leviathan by Lucy Van Cleef, Bernd Perplies

Black Leviathan

Lucy Van Cleef, Bernd Perplies

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging fast-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful 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
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin

183 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

172 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

215 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced