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Literature in Translation

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1
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26,108 members, 294 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1), elka.gimpel (5)

Score: 6.68

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (5): Russian. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Translation. 1991

2
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,997 members, 283 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), elka.gimpel (26)

Score: 5.77

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (26): Italian. William Weaver Translation. 1984

3
2666
by Roberto Bolaño
5,904 members, 163 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (3), Bretzky1 (16)

Score: 5.04

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (3): Spanish. Natasha Wimmer Translation. 2009

4
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
11,722 members, 181 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4), ahef1963 (21)

Score: 4.7

5
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25,498 members, 375 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), elka.gimpel (15)

Score: 4.59

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (15): Spanish

6
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
by José Saramago
2,749 members, 56 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), elka.gimpel (17)

Score: 4.35

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (17): Portuguese

7
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
14,757 members, 239 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (7), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 4.27

Explanations:

ahef1963 (24): French.

8
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
16,587 members, 413 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), elka.gimpel (21)

Score: 4.18

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (21): German. John E. Woods Translation. 1987

9
Autobiography of a Corpse
by Sigismund Krzyżanowski
267 members, 2 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (1)

Score: 4

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (1): Russian. Joanne Turnbull & Nikolai Formozov Translation. 2014

10
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
38,608 members, 695 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2)

Score: 3.36

11
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
25,266 members, 398 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (2)

Score: 3.36

12
Death with Interruptions
by José Saramago
2,716 members, 99 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (2)

Score: 3.36

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (2): Portuguese

13
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
22,900 members, 308 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (3)

Score: 3.04

14
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,806 members, 365 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

Score: 3.04

15
The Maias
by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
955 members, 28 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (4)

Score: 2.83

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (4): Portuguese. Margaret Jull Costa Translation. 2008

16
Beowulf
by Beowulf Poet
21,609 members, 308 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5)

Score: 2.68

17
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
16,628 members, 364 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5)

Score: 2.68

18
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
38,911 members, 442 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (6)

Score: 2.56

19
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
9,291 members, 331 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (6)

Score: 2.56

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (6): French. Sandra Smith Translation. 2007

20
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
16,404 members, 441 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (7)

Score: 2.46

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (7): Japanese. Philip Gabriel Translation. 2006

21
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
15,313 members, 221 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

Score: 2.46

22
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
12,580 members, 197 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (8)

Score: 2.38

23
Fatelessness
by Imre Kertész
2,037 members, 66 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (8)

Score: 2.38

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (8): Hungarian. Tim Wilkinson Translation. 2005

24
The Iliad
by Homer
34,474 members, 346 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (9)

Score: 2.31

25
The Savage Detectives
by Roberto Bolaño
4,801 members, 112 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (9)

Score: 2.31

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (9): Spanish

26
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
34,319 members, 948 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

Score: 2.25

27
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
26,912 members, 393 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (10)

Score: 2.25

28
Sepharad
by Antonio Muñoz Molina
465 members, 14 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (10)

Score: 2.25

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (10): Spanish. Margaret Sayers Peden Translation. 2004

29
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
31,930 members, 452 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11)

Score: 2.2

30
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
7,818 members, 117 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (11)

Score: 2.2

31
The Moon and the Bonfires
by Cesare Pavese
1,226 members, 23 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (11)

Score: 2.2

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (11): Italian. R.W. Flint Translation. 2003

32
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
27,849 members, 894 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

Score: 2.15

33
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
25,185 members, 345 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (12)

Score: 2.15

34
My Name Is Red
by Orhan Pamuk
6,531 members, 155 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (12): Turkish. Erda M Göknar Translation.

35
Candide
by Voltaire
18,548 members, 281 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

Score: 2.11

36
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11,055 members, 137 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (13)

Score: 2.11

37
The Flanders Panel
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
3,507 members, 70 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (13)

Score: 2.11

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (13): Spanish

38
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
17,202 members, 259 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

Score: 2.07

39
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
11,055 members, 185 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (14)

Score: 2.07

40
Selected Writings
by Gérard de Nerval
240 members, 3 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (14)

Score: 2.07

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (14): French. Richard Sieburth Translation. 2000

41
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
16,550 members, 349 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

42
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
4,215 members, 73 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (15)

Score: 2.03

43
Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus
by Sophocles
11,516 members, 48 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

Score: 2

44
The Tale of the 1002nd Night
by Joseph Roth
343 members, 7 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (16)

Score: 2

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (16): German. Michael Hofmann Translation. 1999

45
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
11,360 members, 235 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17)

Score: 1.97

46
Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
16,401 members, 238 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (18)

Score: 1.94

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (18): Italian. William Weaver Translation. 1990

47
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
7,980 members, 178 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18)

Score: 1.94

48
The Swallows of Kabul
by Yasmina Khadra
1,221 members, 69 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (19)

Score: 1.92

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (19): French

49
Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.]
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1,054 members, 3 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

Score: 1.92

50
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
39,038 members, 1,677 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20)

Score: 1.89

51
A Scrap of Time and Other Stories
by Ida Fink
167 members, 1 review
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (20)

Score: 1.89

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (20): Polish. Madeline Levine and Francine Prose Translation. 1988

52
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
by Dario Fo
443 members, 16 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

Score: 1.85

Explanations:

ahef1963 (22): Italian.

53
Wonder
by Hugo Claus
220 members, 5 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (22)

Score: 1.85

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (22): Dutch. Michael Henry Heim Translation. 2010

54
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello
1,324 members, 29 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

ahef1963 (23): Italian.

55
View with a Grain of Sand
by Wisława Szymborska
1,081 members, 14 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (23): Polish. Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh 1996

56
The Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller
982 members, 39 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (24)

Score: 1.81

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (24): German

57
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
10,167 members, 626 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

Score: 1.79

Explanations:

ahef1963 (25): French.

58
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa
2,080 members, 44 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (25)

Score: 1.79

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (25): Spanish. Helen R. Lane. 1985

59
The Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom
8,310 members, 128 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

Score: 1.77

Explanations:

ahef1963 (26): Dutch.

60
Faceless Killers
by Henning Mankell
5,008 members, 193 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27)

Score: 1.76

Explanations:

ahef1963 (27): Swedish.

61
A Short History of Decay
by E. M. Cioran
686 members, 4 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (27)

Score: 1.76

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (27): French. Richard Howard Translation. 1976

62
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
4,228 members, 150 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

Score: 1.74

Explanations:

ahef1963 (28): Norwegian.

63
Count Julian
by Juan Goytisolo
193 members, 3 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (28)

Score: 1.74

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (28): Spanish. Helen R. Lane Translation. 1975

64
The Immoralist
by André Gide
3,071 members, 38 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

Score: 1.72

Explanations:

ahef1963 (29): French.

65
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso
733 members, 12 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (29)

Score: 1.72

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (29): Spanish. Hardie St. Martin and Leonard Mades Translation. 1974

66
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,777 members, 131 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30)

Score: 1.71

Explanations:

ahef1963 (30): Icelandic.

67
Sagarana
by João Guimarães Rosa
264 members, 3 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (30)

Score: 1.71

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (30): Portuguese. Harriet de Onis Translation. 1967

68
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
3,307 members, 199 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31)

Score: 1.7

Explanations:

ahef1963 (31): Danish.

69
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
by Peter Weiss
1,134 members, 13 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (31)

Score: 1.7

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (31): German. Geoffrey Skelton and Adrian Mitchell Translation. 1966

70
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
7,007 members, 88 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (32)

Score: 1.68

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (32): German. Ralph Manheim Translation. 1964

71
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,186 members, 48 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32)

Score: 1.68

Explanations:

ahef1963 (32): Portuguese.

72
The Hypnotist
by Lars Kepler
2,212 members, 138 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

Score: 1.67

Explanations:

ahef1963 (33): Swedish.

73
The Viceroys
by Federico De Roberto
383 members, 12 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (33)

Score: 1.67

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (33): Italian. Archibald Colquhoun Translation. 1963

74
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,673 members, 64 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (34)

Score: 1.66

Explanations:

ahef1963 (34): Swedish.

75
A Book of Memories
by Péter Nádas
516 members, 5 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (34)

Score: 1.66

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (34): Hungarian.

76
Don't Look Back
by Karin Fossum
1,295 members, 60 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35)

Score: 1.65

Explanations:

ahef1963 (35): Norwegian.

77
Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
891 members, 16 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (35)

Score: 1.65

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (35): Norwegian. Tiina Nunnally Translation. 2001

78
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
1,528 members, 223 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

Score: 1.63

Explanations:

ahef1963 (36): Japanese.

79
Anna Karenina. Vol. 1/2
by Leo Tolstoy
404 members, 6 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (36)

Score: 1.63

80
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
5,863 members, 133 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (37)

Score: 1.62

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (37): Italian

81
Popular Hits of the Showa Era: A Novel
by Ryū Murakami
234 members, 28 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37)

Score: 1.62

Explanations:

ahef1963 (37): Japanese.

82
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem
5,741 members, 136 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (38)

Score: 1.61

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (38): Polish

83
The Symmetry Teacher: A Novel
by Andrei Bitov
57 members, 0 reviews
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (39)

Score: 1.6

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (39): Russian

84
The Yacoubian Building
by Alaa al-Aswani
1,916 members, 94 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (40)

Score: 1.59

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (40): Arabic

85
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
by Etgar Keret
454 members, 29 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (41)

Score: 1.58

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (41): Hebrew

86
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
847 members, 48 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (42)

Score: 1.57

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (42): Spanish

87
The Blind Owl
by Ṣādiq Hidāyat
959 members, 35 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (43)

Score: 1.56

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (43): Persian

88
Satantango
by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
823 members, 22 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (44)

Score: 1.55

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (44): Hungarian.

89
The Dinner
by Herman Koch
4,558 members, 360 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (45)

Score: 1.54

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (45): Dutch

90
The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories
by Goli Taraghi
59 members, 1 review
2.86 stars (2.86 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (46)

Score: 1.54

91
The Museum of Innocence
by Orhan Pamuk
1,994 members, 63 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (47)

Score: 1.53

92
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
575 members, 32 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (48)

Score: 1.52

93
I Remember You
by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
486 members, 48 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (49)

Score: 1.51

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (49): Iceland

94
Brief Loves that Live Forever
by Andreï Makine
100 members, 7 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (50)

Score: 1.5

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (50): French

95
The End of Days
by Jenny Erpenbeck
487 members, 32 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (51)

Score: 1.5

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (51): German

96
All Russians Love Birch Trees
by Olga Grjasnowa
190 members, 7 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (52)

Score: 1.49

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (52): German

97
F
by Daniel Kehlmann
283 members, 18 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (53)

Score: 1.48

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (53): German

98
Talking to Ourselves
by Andrés Neuman
136 members, 6 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (54)

Score: 1.48

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (54): Spanish

99
I Refuse
by Per Petterson
381 members, 21 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (55)

Score: 1.47

Explanations:

elka.gimpel (55): Norwegian

100
Leeches
by David Albahari
73 members, 4 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: elka.gimpel (56)

Score: 1.46

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