Read 15 translated books in 2025

samihami Host

33 participants (238 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

33 participants (238 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

Strange Beasts of China
Yan Ge with Jeremy Tiang (Translator)

240 pages • hardcover • 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Strange Beasts of China

Yan Ge with Jeremy Tiang (Translator)

240 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction contemporary fantasy literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Two Women in One
Nawal El Saadawi with Osman Nusairi (Translator)

124 pages • paperback • 1983 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective tense fast-paced

Two Women in One

Nawal El Saadawi with Osman Nusairi (Translator)

124 pages • paperback • 1983

fiction literary challenging reflective tense fast-paced

Miss Iceland
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir with Brian FitzGibbon (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Miss Iceland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir with Brian FitzGibbon (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

The House of Rust
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

258 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

The House of Rust

Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

258 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Trash
Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny with JD Pluecker (Translator)

222 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Trash

Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny with JD Pluecker (Translator)

222 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Dinner
Herman Koch with Sam Garrett

292 pages • hardcover • 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Dinner

Herman Koch with Sam Garrett

292 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Patricia Evangelista

428 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

428 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • paperback • 2000 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Hiromi Kawakami with Asa Yoneda (Translator)

288 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami with Asa Yoneda (Translator)

288 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction literary science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance
Ibtisam Azem with Sinan Antoon (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2014 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

The Book of Disappearance

Ibtisam Azem with Sinan Antoon (Translator)

256 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective slow-paced

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