Reading Non-English Books

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12 participants (32 books)

01 May 2024—01 May 2025

Overview

I feel like I read too many books in English, despite it not being my native language. I know others feel the same. 

This challenge is to push myself and others to read books in other languages, any language as long as it’s not English!

Challenge Books

All books added
Minuscule folle sauvage by Pauline de Tarragon

Minuscule folle sauvage

Pauline de Tarragon

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir
Adres onbekend by Tinke Davids, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Adres onbekend

Tinke Davids, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

64 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Az orvosi hálapénz Magyarországon by György Ádám

Az orvosi hálapénz Magyarországon

Gyorsuló idő

György Ádám

361 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction sociology
De held van station Friedrichstrasse by Maxim Leo

De held van station Friedrichstrasse

Maxim Leo

7 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary funny reflective medium-paced
Sonny Boy by Annejet van der Zijl

Sonny Boy

Annejet van der Zijl

219 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced
Motýliky: Prvá láska by Alice Oseman

Motýliky: Prvá láska

Heartstopper #1

Alice Oseman

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
El silencio de los malditos by Carlos Pinto

El silencio de los malditos

Carlos Pinto

316 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime informative inspiring tense medium-paced
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ceremonias de lo invisible: apuntes sobre el cine y la guerra by David Oubiña
Ceremonias de lo invisible: apuntes sobre el cine y la guerra
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David Oubiña

Ceremonias de lo invisible: apuntes sobre el cine y la guerra

David Oubiña

99 pages • missing pub info (editions)

La expulsión de lo distinto: percepción y comunicación en la sociedad actual by Byung-Chul Han

La expulsión de lo distinto: percepción y comunicación en la sociedad actual

Byung-Chul Han

120 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology informative reflective medium-paced