Lit Hub's 10 Best Translated Novels of the Decade

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13 participants (10 books)

Overview

Original list can be found here (originally published in 2019)

Honorable mentions are listed as bonus books. 

Challenge Books

1

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

Visitation

Jenny Erpenbeck

2

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

3

Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye

Three Strong Women

Marie NDiaye

4

The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

5

Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan

Beauty Is a Wound

Eka Kurniawan

6

The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó

7

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

8

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk

9

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi

10

Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue

Love in the New Millennium

Can Xue

11

(bonus)

My Struggle Book 1: A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgård

My Struggle Book 1: A Death in the Family

Min kamp #1

Karl Ove Knausgård

12

(bonus)

The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

The Thief

Fuminori Nakamura