Most Popular Translation Books of the 2000s

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Mathias Malzieu

Fantasy · Steampunk · Young Adult · Translation

August 2009

The Library of Shadows

Mikkel Birkegaard

Fantasy · Translation · Thriller

June 4, 2009

When Santa Fell to Earth

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2004

Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker

Jean Lorrain

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Translation

2002

Igraine the Brave

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2007

Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was

Angélica Gorodischer

Fantasy · Translation

2003

Zamonia #4

The Alchemaster's Apprentice

Walter Moers

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2009

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

Translation · Alternate History · Thriller

2003

The Dwarves #1

The Dwarves

Markus Heitz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

June 20, 2009

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #6

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 6

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

August 10, 2004

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #4

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 4

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

May 5, 2004

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #3

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 3

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

April 7, 2004

The Motion Demon

Stefan Grabinski

Horror · Short Stories · Translation

2005

I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick

Emmanuel Carrère

Translation · Non-fiction

2004

The Legend of the Ice People #5

Mortal Sin

Margit Sandemo

Fantasy · Translation

November 6, 2008

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

January 2009

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #7

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

September 7, 2004

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #5

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 5

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

June 30, 2004

The Legend of the Ice People #3

The Depths of Darkness

Margit Sandemo

Fantasy · Translation

September 9, 2008

The Legend of the Ice People #4

Yearning

Margit Sandemo

Fantasy · Translation

October 3, 2008

Cold Skin

Albert Sanchez Piñol

Horror · Magical Realism · Translation

October 13, 2005

The Legend of the Ice People #6

Evil Inheritance

Margit Sandemo

Fantasy · Translation

December 4, 2008

The Merciful Women

Federico Andahazi

Horror · Gothic Horror · Translation

2000

The Little Girl and The Cigarette

Benoît Duteurtre

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction · Translation · Mainstream

March 1, 2007

Usurper of the Sun

Housuke Nojiri

Science Fiction · Translation

2009

The Lord of the Sands of Time

Issui Ogawa

Science Fiction · Translation

2009

The Collector of Names

Miha Mazzini

Horror · Translation

2009

Chiril Chronicles #1

The Dragons of Chiril

Donita K. Paul

Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2009

The Blue Fox

Sjón

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

March 2008

Harmony

Project Itoh

Science Fiction · Translation

2008

Night Work

Thomas Glavinic

Science Fiction · Translation

2008

The Clock of the Centuries

Albert Robida

Science Fiction · Translation

2008

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

Victor Pelevin

Fantasy · Translation

2008

Tiger Moon

Antonia Michaelis

Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2008

The Sand-Man and Other Night Pieces

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

2008

A Princess, a Pirate, and One Wild Brother

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories · Translation

August 1, 2008