Read 10 Translated Books Translated from 10 Different Languages in 2025

iliyenzio Host

37 participants (194 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

37 participants (194 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

All books added

Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun

Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat
Kim Jiyun with Winson Ting (Narrator), Shanna Tan (Translator)

8 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction literary mystery emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun

Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat

Kim Jiyun with Winson Ting (Narrator), Shanna Tan (Translator)

8 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction literary mystery emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction literary mystery emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Ausgewählte Essays by Jorge Luis Borges

Ausgewählte Essays
Bibliothek Suhrkamp #790

Jorge Luis Borges with Karl August Horst (Translator), Curt Meyer-Clason (Translator), Gisbert Haefs (Translator)

255 pages • hardcover • 1981 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays

nonfiction essays

Ausgewählte Essays by Jorge Luis Borges

Ausgewählte Essays

Bibliothek Suhrkamp #790

Jorge Luis Borges with Karl August Horst (Translator), Curt Meyer-Clason (Translator), Gisbert Haefs (Translator)

255 pages • hardcover • 1981 user-added

nonfiction essays

nonfiction essays

Sun Tzu: The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu: The Art of War
Sun Tzu with Peter Harris (Translator)

280 pages • hardcover • -500 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced

Sun Tzu: The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu: The Art of War

Sun Tzu with Peter Harris (Translator)

280 pages • hardcover • -500

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced

Independent People by Halldór Laxness

Independent People
Sjálfstætt fólk #1-2

Halldór Laxness with Michael Page (Narrator)

21 hours • audio • 1934 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Independent People by Halldór Laxness

Independent People

Sjálfstætt fólk #1-2

Halldór Laxness with Michael Page (Narrator)

21 hours • audio • 1934

fiction classics challenging reflective sad slow-paced

fiction classics challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Tsai Kun-lin – Der Junge, der gerne las: eine Graphic Novel aus Taiwan – Band 1 by Yu Pei-Yun

Tsai Kun-lin – Der Junge, der gerne las: eine Graphic Novel aus Taiwan – Band 1
The Boy from Clearwater #1

Yu Pei-Yun with Zhou Jian-Xin (Illustrator), Johannes Fiederling (Translator)

168 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography graphic novel emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction biography graphic novel emotional informative sad fast-paced

Tsai Kun-lin – Der Junge, der gerne las: eine Graphic Novel aus Taiwan – Band 1 by Yu Pei-Yun

Tsai Kun-lin – Der Junge, der gerne las: eine Graphic Novel aus Taiwan – Band 1

The Boy from Clearwater #1

Yu Pei-Yun with Zhou Jian-Xin (Illustrator), Johannes Fiederling (Translator)

168 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction biography graphic novel emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction biography graphic novel emotional informative sad fast-paced

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny
Bora Chung with Anton Hur (Translator)

256 pages • digital • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary magical realism science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary magical realism science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung with Anton Hur (Translator)

256 pages • digital • 2017

fiction contemporary horror literary magical realism science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction contemporary horror literary magical realism science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight by Caroline Darian

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight
Caroline Darian with Heather Long (Narrator), Caroline Darian (Narrator)

4 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad fast-paced

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad fast-paced

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight by Caroline Darian

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight

Caroline Darian with Heather Long (Narrator), Caroline Darian (Narrator)

4 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad fast-paced

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad fast-paced

The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez

The General in His Labyrinth
Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (Translator)

248 pages • hardcover • 1989 (editions)

fiction classics historical informative reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical informative reflective slow-paced

The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez

The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (Translator)

248 pages • hardcover • 1989

fiction classics historical informative reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical informative reflective slow-paced

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 12 by Kamome Shirahama

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 12
とんがり帽子のアトリエ / Witch Hat Atelier #12

Kamome Shirahama

184 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 12 by Kamome Shirahama

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 12

とんがり帽子のアトリエ / Witch Hat Atelier #12

Kamome Shirahama

184 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Audition by Ryū Murakami

Audition
Ryū Murakami with David Shih (Narrator), Ralph McCarthy (Translator)

4 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2010 (editions) user-added

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Audition by Ryū Murakami

Audition

Ryū Murakami with David Shih (Narrator), Ralph McCarthy (Translator)

4 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2010 user-added

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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