Read 10 books in translation (2024)

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17 participants, 130 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Read 10 books, translated from a language you don't speak! Want an extra challenge: read books by 10 different authors too. Even more difficult: each book translated from a different language :)!

All books added
The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store Vol. 1 by Tsuchika Nishimura

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store Vol. 1

Tsuchika Nishimura

146 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fantasy manga funny lighthearted fast-paced
Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley

Beowulf: A New Translation

Maria Dahvana Headley

176 pages • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life by Marie Kondo

Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

Marie Kondo

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction design philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Aeneid by Robert Fitzgerald, Virgil

The Aeneid

Robert Fitzgerald, Virgil

464 pages • first pub -19 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging medium-paced
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

You Dreamed of Empires

Álvaro Enrigue

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous challenging dark medium-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
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica

154 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark tense slow-paced
Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1

美少女戦士セーラームーン / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon #1

Naoko Takeuchi

200 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai

A Simple Intervention

Yael Inokai

187 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional hopeful medium-paced