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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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Masaji Ishikawa with Martin Brown (Translator), Risa Kobayashi (Translator)

172 pages • paperback • 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa with Martin Brown (Translator), Risa Kobayashi (Translator)

172 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

F.M. by Boris Akunin

F.M.
Приключения магистра #3

Boris Akunin

496 pages • 2006 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

F.M. by Boris Akunin

F.M.

Приключения магистра #3

496 pages • 2006

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

Ms Ice Sandwich
Mieko Kawakami with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

160 pages • digital • 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

Ms Ice Sandwich

Mieko Kawakami with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

160 pages • digital • 2013

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Die Dame vom See by Andrzej Sapkowski

Die Dame vom See
The Witcher #7

Andrzej Sapkowski with Erik Simon (Translator)

640 pages • paperback • 1999 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced

Die Dame vom See by Andrzej Sapkowski

Die Dame vom See

Andrzej Sapkowski with Erik Simon (Translator)

640 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck with Michael Hofmann (Translator)

293 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck with Michael Hofmann (Translator)

293 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Miss Iceland
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

190 pages • digital • 2018 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Miss Iceland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

190 pages • digital • 2018

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Other City by Michal Ajvaz

The Other City
Michal Ajvaz with Gerald Turner (Translator)

168 pages • paperback • 1993 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous reflective slow-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous reflective slow-paced

The Other City by Michal Ajvaz

The Other City

Michal Ajvaz with Gerald Turner (Translator)

168 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous reflective slow-paced

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous reflective slow-paced

Notes of a Russian Sniper by Vasili Zaitsev

Notes of a Russian Sniper
Vasili Zaitsev with Konstantin Kornakov (Translator), Peter Kornakov (Translator), David Givens (Translator), Neil Okrent (Contributor)

208 pages • hardcover • 1956 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional sad fast-paced

nonfiction history emotional sad fast-paced

Notes of a Russian Sniper by Vasili Zaitsev

Notes of a Russian Sniper

Vasili Zaitsev with Konstantin Kornakov (Translator), Peter Kornakov (Translator), David Givens (Translator), Neil Okrent (Contributor)

208 pages • hardcover • 1956

nonfiction history emotional sad fast-paced

nonfiction history emotional sad fast-paced

Der verliebte Schwarzbrenner und wie er die Welt sah: Roman. Der neue große Roman des Bestsellerautors by Jonas Jonasson

Der verliebte Schwarzbrenner und wie er die Welt sah: Roman. Der neue große Roman des Bestsellerautors
Jonas Jonasson

11 hours, 51 minutes • audio (editions) user-added

fiction historical

fiction historical

Der verliebte Schwarzbrenner und wie er die Welt sah: Roman. Der neue große Roman des Bestsellerautors by Jonas Jonasson

Der verliebte Schwarzbrenner und wie er die Welt sah: Roman. Der neue große Roman des Bestsellerautors

11 hours, 51 minutes • audio user-added

fiction historical

fiction historical

Malpertuis by Jean Ray

Malpertuis
Jean Ray

256 pages • paperback (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Malpertuis by Jean Ray

Malpertuis

256 pages • paperback

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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