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Secondhand Time (2013, trans. 2016) by Svetlana Alexievich, trans. Bela Shayevich
Language: Russian
*A Man Called Ove (2012, trans. 2013) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Henning Koch
Language: Swedish
*Beartown (2016, trans. 2017) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Neil Smith
Language: Swedish
*Tender is the Flesh (2017, trans. 2020) by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses
Language: Spanish
Solenoid (2015, trans. 2022) by Mircea Cărtărescu, trans. Sean Cotter
Language: Romanian
What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire (2001, trans. 2008) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
Commission of Tears (2000, trans. 2011) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
The Years (2008, trans. 2017) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Happening (2000, trans. 2021) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
At Night All Blood is Black (2018, trans. 2021) by David Diop, trans. Anna Moschovakis
Language: French
My Brilliant Friend (2011, trans. 2012) by Elena Ferrante, trans. Ann Goldstein
Language: Italian
The Eighth Life (2014, trans. 2019) by Nino Haratischvili, trans. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin
Language: GERMAN not Georgian
I Who Have Never Known Men (1995, trans. 2019) by Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Sophie MacKintosh
Language: French
The Vegetarian (2007, trans. 2015) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
Human Acts (2014, trans. 2016) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
*Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015, trans. 2019) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, trans. Geoffrey Trousselot
Language: Japanese
Heaven (2009, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
Breasts and Eggs (2008, trans. 2020) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. Louise Heal Kawai
Language: Japanese
All the Lovers in the Night (2011, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005, trans. 2008) by Stieg Larsson, trans. Reg Keeland
Language: Swedish
The Dark Forest (2008, trans. 2015) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Three-Body Problem (2006, trans. 2014) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Infatuations (2011, trans. 2013) by Javier Marías, trans. Margaret Jull Costa
Language: Spanish
Hurricane Season (2017, trans. 2020) by Fernanda Melchor, trans. Sophie Hughes
Language: Spanish
Norwegian Wood (1987, trans. 2000) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin
Language: Japanese
1Q84 (2009-2010, trans. 2011) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Language: Japanese
*Convenience Store Woman (2016, trans. 2018) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
Earthlings (2018, trans. 2020) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003, trans. 2009) by Yoko Ogawa, trans. Stephen Snyder
Language: Japanese
Life Form (2007, trans. 2010) by Amélie Nothomb, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Elena Knows (2007, trans. 2021) by Claudia Piñeiro, trans. Frances Riddle
Language: Spanish
The Employees (2018, trans. 2021) by Olga Ravn, trans. Martin Aitken
Language: Danish
*Persepolis (2000-2003, trans. 2007) by Marjane Satrapi, trans. Blake Ferris and Mattias Ripa
Language: French
M: Son of the Century (2018, trans. 2021) by Antonio Scurati, trans. Anne Milano Appel
Language: Italian
*Minor Detail (2016, trans. 2020) by Adania Shibli, trans. Elisabeth Jaquette
Language: Arabic
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009, trans. 2019) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Language: Polish
The Books of Jacob (2014, trans. 2022) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Jennifer Croft
Language: Polish
Wizard of the Crow (2004, trans. 2006) by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, trans. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Language: Kikuyu
*The Shadow of the Wind (2001, trans. 2004) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, trans. Lucia Graves
Language: Spanish
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The Google Form for the BEST TRANSLATED books of the 21st Century: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMY53adHo6v_p4n9TLHzBIgEWvATtjwpX0lfobCFAQFUO_Mw/viewform?usp=pp_url
Feeling generous?? I've made an Amazon wishlist! amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/254X5LTQQFK6Q?ref_=wl_share
Other videos in this series!
NEW LIST ALERT | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century according to the New York Times youtu.be/0y65IUtMwHY
Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century from @nytimes youtu.be/eRlGenpUiPo
OUR LIST! The BEST BOOKS of the 21st CENTURY according to BOOKTUBE!
youtu.be/4Kx3DxeJ5C0
Secondhand Time (2013, trans. 2016) by Svetlana Alexievich, trans. Bela Shayevich
Language: Russian
*A Man Called Ove (2012, trans. 2013) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Henning Koch
Language: Swedish
*Beartown (2016, trans. 2017) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Neil Smith
Language: Swedish
*Tender is the Flesh (2017, trans. 2020) by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses
Language: Spanish
Solenoid (2015, trans. 2022) by Mircea Cărtărescu, trans. Sean Cotter
Language: Romanian
What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire (2001, trans. 2008) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
Commission of Tears (2000, trans. 2011) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
The Years (2008, trans. 2017) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Happening (2000, trans. 2021) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
At Night All Blood is Black (2018, trans. 2021) by David Diop, trans. Anna Moschovakis
Language: French
My Brilliant Friend (2011, trans. 2012) by Elena Ferrante, trans. Ann Goldstein
Language: Italian
The Eighth Life (2014, trans. 2019) by Nino Haratischvili, trans. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin
Language: GERMAN not Georgian
I Who Have Never Known Men (1995, trans. 2019) by Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Sophie MacKintosh
Language: French
The Vegetarian (2007, trans. 2015) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
Human Acts (2014, trans. 2016) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
*Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015, trans. 2019) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, trans. Geoffrey Trousselot
Language: Japanese
Heaven (2009, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
Breasts and Eggs (2008, trans. 2020) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. Louise Heal Kawai
Language: Japanese
All the Lovers in the Night (2011, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005, trans. 2008) by Stieg Larsson, trans. Reg Keeland
Language: Swedish
The Dark Forest (2008, trans. 2015) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Three-Body Problem (2006, trans. 2014) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Infatuations (2011, trans. 2013) by Javier Marías, trans. Margaret Jull Costa
Language: Spanish
Hurricane Season (2017, trans. 2020) by Fernanda Melchor, trans. Sophie Hughes
Language: Spanish
Norwegian Wood (1987, trans. 2000) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin
Language: Japanese
1Q84 (2009-2010, trans. 2011) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Language: Japanese
*Convenience Store Woman (2016, trans. 2018) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
Earthlings (2018, trans. 2020) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003, trans. 2009) by Yoko Ogawa, trans. Stephen Snyder
Language: Japanese
Life Form (2007, trans. 2010) by Amélie Nothomb, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Elena Knows (2007, trans. 2021) by Claudia Piñeiro, trans. Frances Riddle
Language: Spanish
The Employees (2018, trans. 2021) by Olga Ravn, trans. Martin Aitken
Language: Danish
*Persepolis (2000-2003, trans. 2007) by Marjane Satrapi, trans. Blake Ferris and Mattias Ripa
Language: French
M: Son of the Century (2018, trans. 2021) by Antonio Scurati, trans. Anne Milano Appel
Language: Italian
*Minor Detail (2016, trans. 2020) by Adania Shibli, trans. Elisabeth Jaquette
Language: Arabic
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009, trans. 2019) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Language: Polish
The Books of Jacob (2014, trans. 2022) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Jennifer Croft
Language: Polish
Wizard of the Crow (2004, trans. 2006) by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, trans. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Language: Kikuyu
*The Shadow of the Wind (2001, trans. 2004) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, trans. Lucia Graves
Language: Spanish
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