Most Popular Translation Books of the 2020s

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The Cat Who Saved Books

Sosuke Natsukawa

Magical Realism · Cats · Translation

September 16, 2021

Eartheater

Dolores Reyes

Magical Realism · Translation · Mystery

November 17, 2020

The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor

Eva Frantz

Childrens · Ghosts · Translation · Mystery

October 12, 2023

Killer Instinct #9

The Spider

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

July 25, 2023

Killer Instinct #8

The Mirror Man

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

January 6, 2022

First Person Singular

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

April 6, 2021

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror · Translation

October 8, 2020

On the Calculation of Volume #4

On the Calculation of Volume 4

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

April 9, 2026

The Night House

Jo Nesbø

Horror · Translation · Thriller

October 3, 2023

The Kindness

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Horror · Translation

October 31, 2023

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Before Your Memory Fades

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Fantasy · Translation

2022

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #1

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

Syou Ishida

Magical Realism · Cats · Translation

September 3, 2024

On the Calculation of Volume #3

On the Calculation of Volume 3

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

November 18, 2025

Killer Instinct #7

Lazarus

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

March 19, 2020

On the Calculation of Volume #2

On the Calculation of Volume 2

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

November 26, 2024

On the Calculation of Volume #1

On the Calculation of Volume

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

November 26, 2024

Even If Everything Ends

Jens Liljestrand

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

2021

The Last Wild Horses

Maja Lunde

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

February 15, 2022

Real Life

Adeline Dieudonné

Horror · Translation · Thriller

February 4, 2020

The Mystery of Raspberry Hill

Eva Frantz

Horror · Childrens · Translation · TV Series · Historical Fiction

October 13, 2022

On the Calculation of Volume #5

On the Calculation of Volume 5

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

November 17, 2026

Seat 7a

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Translation · Thriller

May 13, 2021

Hildur #3

The Shadow of the Northern Lights

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

October 9, 2025

Hildur #2

The Grave in the Ice

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

February 13, 2025

Millennium #8

The Girl with Ice in Her Veins

Karin Smirnoff

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Thriller

September 2, 2025

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Before We Say Goodbye

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Fantasy · Translation

November 14, 2023

The Soul Breaker

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Translation

November 11, 2021

The Mark

Fríða Ísberg

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Translation

April 30, 2024

When the Museum is Closed

Emi Yagi

Magical Realism · Translation

July 10, 2025

Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein

Anne Eekhout

19th century · Magical Realism · Translation · Historical Fiction

November 2, 2023

Hildur #4

The Secrets from the Deep

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

May 28, 2026

Hildur #1

The Clues in the Fjord

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

October 10, 2024

When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories

Francisco García González

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

November 5, 2021

Eden at Dawn

Karim Kattan

Magical Realism · Adult · Translation

September 22, 2026

Millennium #9

Millennium Book 9

Karin Smirnoff

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Thriller

2027

Vardari #3

Vardari Book 3

Siri Pettersen

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

2027