Most Popular Translation Books of the 20th century

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Daughter of Night: A Tale of Three Worlds

Lydia Obukhova

Science Fiction · Translation

1974

Zone Null

Herbert W. Franke

Science Fiction · Translation

1974

The Mind Net

Herbert W. Franke

Science Fiction · Translation

1974

Four Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation

1974

All Fires the Fire

Julio Cortázar

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1973

The Earth is Near

Ludek Pesek

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

The Orchid Cage

Herbert W. Franke

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

The Temple of the Past

Stefan Wul

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

Imaginary Magnitude

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1973

The Ugly Swans

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1972

A Universal History of Infamy

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1972

Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1972

The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation

1972

Eyes of a Blue Dog

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation

1972

Leaf Storm and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1972

In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman

Josef Nesvadba

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1970

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Death Constant Beyond Love

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation

1970

The Twilight Men

Otto Basil

Translation · Alternate History

1968

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1968

Far Rainbow

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1967

The Sea Serpent

Jules Verne

Translation · Mainstream

1967

Time Out of Mind

Pierre Boulle

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1966

Garden on the Moon

Pierre Boulle

Science Fiction · Translation

1965

The Hour of the Robots

Karl Bruckner

Translation

1964

Labyrinths

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1964

The Village in the Treetops

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation · Mainstream

1964

The Garden

Yves Berger

Translation · Alternate History

1963

Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1962

Big Mama's Funeral

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1962

In Evil Hour

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1962

The Glass Bees

Ernst Jünger

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

Mortal Engines

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1961

Hell's Above Us

Henry Ward

Science Fiction · Translation

1960

The Investigation

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1959

The Invasion from Aldebaran

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1959