Read 15 translated books in 2025

samihami Host

26 participants (127 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

The final language is of your choice, the only rule is that it must be translated from a different language than English or your mother tongue.

Read 15 translated books in 2025

samihami Host

26 participants (127 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 01 Jan 2026

Overview

The final language is of your choice, the only rule is that it must be translated from a different language than English or your mother tongue.

Challenge Books

All books added

The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk with Jennifer Croft (Translator)

964 pages • hardcover • 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk with Jennifer Croft (Translator)

964 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama with Alison Watts (Translator)

253 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama with Alison Watts (Translator)

253 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi

The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen
Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen #2

Yuta Takahashi with Cat Anderson (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary

The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen

Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen #2

Yuta Takahashi with Cat Anderson (Translator)

208 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction literary

Last Evenings with Teresa
Juan Marsé with Nick Caistor (Translator)

432 pages • hardcover • 1965 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced

Last Evenings with Teresa

Juan Marsé with Nick Caistor (Translator)

432 pages • hardcover • 1965

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced

Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo

Death on Gokumon Island
Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #2

Seishi Yokomizo with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

317 pages • paperback • 1948 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced

Death on Gokumon Island

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #2

Seishi Yokomizo with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

317 pages • paperback • 1948

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced

Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto with Megan Backus (Translator)

150 pages • paperback • 1988 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto with Megan Backus (Translator)

150 pages • paperback • 1988

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Lemon
Kwon Yeo-sun with Janet Hong (Translator)

147 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary mystery dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Lemon

Kwon Yeo-sun with Janet Hong (Translator)

147 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction literary mystery dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-Reum with Shanna Tan (Translator)

301 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-Reum with Shanna Tan (Translator)

301 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary literary hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Vanishing World
Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

256 pages • hardcover • 2015 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

Vanishing World

Sayaka Murata with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

256 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

Pura pasión
Annie Ernaux with Thomas Knauf (Translator)

80 pages • paperback • 1991 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective fast-paced

Pura pasión

Annie Ernaux with Thomas Knauf (Translator)

80 pages • paperback • 1991

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective fast-paced

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