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

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Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women by Sofi Oksanen

Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women
Sofi Oksanen with Christa Lewis (Narrator), Owen F. Witesman (Translator)

6 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

nonfiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women by Sofi Oksanen

Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women

Sofi Oksanen with Christa Lewis (Narrator), Owen F. Witesman (Translator)

6 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

nonfiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced

The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza

The Taiga Syndrome
Cristina Rivera Garza with Suzanne Jill Levine (Translator)

128 pages • digital • 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction fantasy mystery challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza

The Taiga Syndrome

Cristina Rivera Garza with Suzanne Jill Levine (Translator)

128 pages • digital • 2012

fiction fantasy mystery challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction fantasy mystery challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu

Solenoid
Mircea Cărtărescu with Sean Cotter (Translator)

639 pages • paperback • 2015 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu

Solenoid

Mircea Cărtărescu with Sean Cotter (Translator)

639 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son
Homeira Qaderi

224 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional medium-paced

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Homeira Qaderi

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

224 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir emotional medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional medium-paced

Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso

Amora
Natalia Borges Polesso with Julia Sanches (Translator), Rebecca Mozo (Narrator)

4 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2015 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso

Amora

Natalia Borges Polesso with Julia Sanches (Translator), Rebecca Mozo (Narrator)

4 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People
Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

400 pages • digital • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (Translator)

400 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Apricots of Donbass by Любов Якимчук, Lyuba Yakimchuk

Apricots of Donbass
Любов Якимчук, Lyuba Yakimchuk with Oksana Maksymchuk (Translator), Max Rosochinsky (Translator), Svetlana Lavochkina (Translator)

163 pages • paperback • 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Apricots of Donbass by Любов Якимчук, Lyuba Yakimchuk

Apricots of Donbass

Любов Якимчук, Lyuba Yakimchuk with Oksana Maksymchuk (Translator), Max Rosochinsky (Translator), Svetlana Lavochkina (Translator)

163 pages • paperback • 2015 user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Heißer Frühling by Sahar Khalifeh

Heißer Frühling
Sahar Khalifeh with Regina Karachouli (Translator)

284 pages • hardcover • 2004 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Heißer Frühling by Sahar Khalifeh

Heißer Frühling

Sahar Khalifeh with Regina Karachouli (Translator)

284 pages • hardcover • 2004

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Bei uns in Auschwitz by Tadeusz Borowski

Bei uns in Auschwitz
Tadeusz Borowski with Friedrich Griese (Translator)

432 pages • paperback • 1947 (editions)

fiction history short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction history short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Bei uns in Auschwitz by Tadeusz Borowski

Bei uns in Auschwitz

Tadeusz Borowski with Friedrich Griese (Translator)

432 pages • paperback • 1947

fiction history short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction history short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
Masanobu Fukuoka with Wendell Berry, Frances Moore Lappé, Larry Korn

200 pages • paperback • 1975 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

Masanobu Fukuoka with Wendell Berry, Frances Moore Lappé, Larry Korn

200 pages • paperback • 1975

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

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