Read 10 books in translation (2024)

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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 :)!

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The Widow Queen
Bold #1

Elżbieta Cherezińska with Maya Zakrzewska-Pim (Translator)

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark slow-paced

The Widow Queen

Bold #1

Elżbieta Cherezińska with Maya Zakrzewska-Pim (Translator)

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark slow-paced

The Cabinet
Un-su Kim with Sean Lin Halbert (Translator)

301 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

The Cabinet

Un-su Kim with Sean Lin Halbert (Translator)

301 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

The Living and the Rest by José Eduardo Agualusa

The Living and the Rest
José Eduardo Agualusa with Daniel Hahn (Translator)

220 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Living and the Rest

José Eduardo Agualusa with Daniel Hahn (Translator)

220 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary mysterious reflective slow-paced

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-reum with Shanna Tan (Translator)

308 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum with Shanna Tan (Translator)

308 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Book of Riga: A City in Short Fiction by Eva Eglaja-Kristsone, Becca Parkinson

The Book of Riga: A City in Short Fiction
Reading the City

Eva Eglaja-Kristsone, Becca Parkinson with Pauls Bankovskis (Contributor), Ilze Jansone (Contributor), Arno Jundze (Contributor), Svens Kuzmins (Contributor), Vilis Lācītis (Contributor), Andra Neiburga (Contributor), Gundega Repše (Contributor), Dace Rukšāne (Contributor), Kristīne Želve (Contributor), Juris Zvirgzdiņš (Contributor)

196 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced

The Book of Riga: A City in Short Fiction

Reading the City

Eva Eglaja-Kristsone, Becca Parkinson with Pauls Bankovskis (Contributor), Ilze Jansone (Contributor), Arno Jundze (Contributor), Svens Kuzmins (Contributor), Vilis Lācītis (Contributor), Andra Neiburga (Contributor), Gundega Repše (Contributor), Dace Rukšāne (Contributor), Kristīne Želve (Contributor), Juris Zvirgzdiņš (Contributor)

196 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced

Siberian Haiku by Jurga Vilé, Jurga Vile

Siberian Haiku
Jurga Vilé, Jurga Vile with Lina Itagaki (Illustrator)

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical reflective medium-paced

Siberian Haiku

Jurga Vilé, Jurga Vile with Lina Itagaki (Illustrator)

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical reflective medium-paced

Pietr the Latvian
Inspector Maigret #1

Georges Simenon with David Bellos (Translator)

161 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

Pietr the Latvian

Inspector Maigret #1

Georges Simenon with David Bellos (Translator)

161 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

Jamilia
Chingiz Aïtmatov with James Riordan (Translator)

96 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Jamilia

Chingiz Aïtmatov with James Riordan (Translator)

96 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Abyss
Pilar Quintana with Lisa Dillman (Translator)

219 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Abyss

Pilar Quintana with Lisa Dillman (Translator)

219 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar

Death on a Galician Shore
Leo Caldas #2

Domingo Villar

371 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Death on a Galician Shore

Leo Caldas #2

Domingo Villar

371 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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