Most Popular Translation Books of the 20th century

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The Green Face

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1992

Strange Pilgrims

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1992

The Angel of the West Window

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1991

The Haunted ”Pampero”

William Hope Hodgson

Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Translation

1991

Machine

René Belletto

Science Fiction · Translation · Thriller

1990

Gothic Romance

Emmanuel Carrère

Horror · Translation

1990

Nine Fairy Tales and One Thrown in for Good Measure

Karel Capek

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1990

Midas

Wolfgang Jeschke

Science Fiction · Translation

1989

The Time Wanderers

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1987

Witness to the Future

Klaus Rifbjerg

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Translation

1987

Moscow 2042

Vladimir Voinovich

Science Fiction · Translation

1987

The Opposing Shore

Julien Gracq

Fantasy · Translation

1986

Fiasco

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1986

Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy

Stanislaw Lem

Translation · Non-fiction

1985

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1985

The Wandering Jew

Stefan Heym

Fantasy · Translation

1984

Cassandra

Christa Wolf

Fantasy · Translation · Historical Fiction

1983

Escape Attempt

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Collection · Translation

1982

Tales of Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1982

Tales

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1982

Space Apprentice

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1981

The Last Day of Creation

Wolfgang Jeschke

Science Fiction · Translation

1981

The Cosmic Carnival of Stanislaw Lem

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1981

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1981

Beetle in the Anthill

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1980

Far Rainbow / The Second Invasion From Mars

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Collection · Translation

1979

Ypsilon Minus

Herbert W. Franke

Science Fiction · Translation

1979

Definitely Maybe

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1978

Noon: 22nd Century

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1978

The Good Leviathan

Pierre Boulle

Science Fiction · Translation

1978

Prisoners of Power

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1977

Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Collection · Translation

1977

Monday Begins on Saturday

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1977

Trap for Perseus

Ludek Pesek

Science Fiction · Translation

1976

The Animal Doctor

P. C. Jersild

Science Fiction · Translation

1975

The Autumn of the Patriarch

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1975