Read 10 books in translation (2024)

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17 participants (127 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

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 :)!

Challenge Books

All books added
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

4 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 1922 (editions) user-added

fiction classics philosophy inspiring reflective medium-paced
Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera

Laughable Loves

Milan Kundera

7 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1970 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets by Anatoly Kudryavitsky

The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets

Anatoly Kudryavitsky

414 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli

Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli

146 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

253 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1 hour, 59 minutes • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
After Kurukshetra by Anjun Katyal, Mahasweta Devi

After Kurukshetra

Anjun Katyal, Mahasweta Devi

55 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional medium-paced
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

The Mysteries of Nature Series #1

Peter Wohlleben

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad

I Remember Abbu

Humayun Azad

112 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced