Expand your reading life with a book originally written in a language other than English.
Whether you’re trying to complete a reading challenge, conquering our 365 reading prompts, or just want to expand your reading life, you’ll want to add some of these excellent books in translation to your TBR list.
For this list, I consider a book in translation anything that was originally written in a language other than English and then later translated into English.
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This is not an exhaustive list, but I’ll keep adding to it as I find more. There are just so many amazing books in translation to read!
Which ones will you choose?
Books in Translation
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
My Brilliant Friend by Elana Ferrante
The Time in Between by Maria Duenas
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaelle Giordano
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Do you have any more ideas of books in translation that I should add to this list?
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