Read 10 Translated Books Translated from 10 Different Languages in 2025

iliyenzio Host

39 participants (228 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Reading translated books is great. But, if you're anything like me, there are certain languages/countries you read from more often than others. The purpose of this challenge is to read 10 different translated works that have been translated from 10 different languages.

Read 10 Translated Books Translated from 10 Different Languages in 2025

iliyenzio Host

39 participants (228 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Reading translated books is great. But, if you're anything like me, there are certain languages/countries you read from more often than others. The purpose of this challenge is to read 10 different translated works that have been translated from 10 different languages.

Challenge Books

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Punished by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Punished
Sápmitrilogin #2

Ann-Helén Laestadius with Jade Wheeler (Narrator), Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translator)

13 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Punished by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Punished

Sápmitrilogin #2

Ann-Helén Laestadius with Jade Wheeler (Narrator), Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translator)

13 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Lil Bahadur Chettri

Mountains Painted with Turmeric
Lil Bahadur Chettri with Michael Hutt (Translator)

123 pages • hardcover • 1957 (editions)

nonfiction emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

nonfiction emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Lil Bahadur Chettri

Mountains Painted with Turmeric

Lil Bahadur Chettri with Michael Hutt (Translator)

123 pages • hardcover • 1957

nonfiction emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

nonfiction emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

The History And The Life Of Chinggis Khan: The Secret History Of The Mongols by Urgunge Onon

The History And The Life Of Chinggis Khan: The Secret History Of The Mongols
Urgunge Onon

183 pages • 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

The History And The Life Of Chinggis Khan: The Secret History Of The Mongols by Urgunge Onon

The History And The Life Of Chinggis Khan: The Secret History Of The Mongols

183 pages • 2001

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

Paradise Rot
Jenny Hval with Brie Jackman (Narrator), Marjam Idriss (Translator)

3 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2009 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval with Brie Jackman (Narrator), Marjam Idriss (Translator)

3 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2009

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious fast-paced

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa with Polly Barton (Translator)

97 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa with Polly Barton (Translator)

97 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective fast-paced

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat with D.P. Costello (Translator)

146 pages • paperback • 1935 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat with D.P. Costello (Translator)

146 pages • paperback • 1935

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3

Tove Ditlevsen with Tiina Nunnally (Translator), Michael Favala Goldman (Translator)

384 pages • hardcover • 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency

The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3

Tove Ditlevsen with Tiina Nunnally (Translator), Michael Favala Goldman (Translator)

384 pages • hardcover • 2000

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

Bolla
Pajtim Statovci

6 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

Bolla

Pajtim Statovci

6 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2019 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Pichka Harawikuna: Five Quechua Poets by Julio Noriega Bernuy

Pichka Harawikuna: Five Quechua Poets
Julio Noriega Bernuy

91 pages • paperback • 1998 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Pichka Harawikuna: Five Quechua Poets by Julio Noriega Bernuy

Pichka Harawikuna: Five Quechua Poets

Julio Noriega Bernuy

91 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

237 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

fiction literary poetry adventurous reflective fast-paced

fiction literary poetry adventurous reflective fast-paced

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

237 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction literary poetry adventurous reflective fast-paced

fiction literary poetry adventurous reflective fast-paced

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