Read 10 Translated Books Translated from 10 Different Languages in 2025

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33 participants (126 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.

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

172 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
F.M. by Boris Akunin

F.M.

Приключения магистра #3

Boris Akunin

496 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

Ms Ice Sandwich

Mieko Kawakami

160 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Die Dame vom See by Andrzej Sapkowski

Die Dame vom See

The Witcher #7

Andrzej Sapkowski

640 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

320 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Miss Iceland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

190 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Other City by Michal Ajvaz

The Other City

Michal Ajvaz

168 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous reflective slow-paced
Notes of a Russian Sniper by Vasili Zaitsev

Notes of a Russian Sniper

Vasili Zaitsev

208 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

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 • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction