Most Popular Translation Books

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Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

August 2020

Dragon Rider #1

Dragon Rider

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

1997

The Snow White Trilogy #2

As White as Snow

Salla Simukka

Young Adult · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

March 2015

The Moomin Books #1

The Moomins and the Great Flood

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

December 13, 2012

Metro #2

Metro 2034

Dmitry Glukhovsky

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation · Video Game

2009

Three Bags Full

Leonie Swann

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Werewolves · Translation · Mystery

2006

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Magical Realism · Translation

1925

Erik and the Gods #1

Erik and the Gods: Journey to Valhalla

Lars-Henrik Olsen

Fantasy · Norse Mythology · Young Adult · Translation

July 2017

Handling the Undead

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Horror · Translation

2009

A Wild Ride Through the Night

Walter Moers

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2001

Lithium-6

Risto Isomäki

Science Fiction · Translation · Thriller

October 2015

Birdbrain

Johanna Sinisalo

Translation · Mainstream

October 2010

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Mathias Malzieu

Fantasy · Steampunk · Young Adult · Translation

August 2009

The Morning Star #4

The School of Night

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fantasy · Translation

January 13, 2026

When I Think of My Missing Head

Adolfo Couve

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

September 2018

The Beauty of the Death Cap

Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze

Horror · Translation · Mainstream · Mystery

August 2018

Who Killed the Poet?

Luis de Miranda

Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

October 2017

The Frail Soul and Other Stories

Camille Mauclair

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

December 2017

Vigil

Monika Šimkovičová

Science Fiction · Translation

November 2017

The Mirror of Legends

Bernard Lazare

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

August 21, 2017

The Unknown Collaborator and Other Legendary Tales

Victor Joly

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

October 2016

The Tarantulas' Parlor and Other Unkind Tales

Léon Bloy

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

October 17, 2016

Mirrorworld #3

The Golden Yarn

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

December 15, 2015

Self-Reference ENGINE

Toh EnJoe

Science Fiction · Translation

2013

Requiems & Nightmares: Selected Short Fiction of Guido Gozzano

Guido Gozzano

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

May 2012

When Santa Fell to Earth

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2004

Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker

Jean Lorrain

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories · Translation

2002

Monsieur de Phocas

Jean Lorrain

Fantasy · Horror · Translation

1994

The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1989

Dictionary of the Khazars

Milorad Pavic

Fantasy · Translation · Alternate History

1988

The Book of Sand

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1977

The Final Circle of Paradise

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1976

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

1961

Igraine the Brave

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2007

Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was

Angélica Gorodischer

Fantasy · Translation

2003