Best Fantasy Originally Published in a Language Other Than English

1
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
13,848 members
250 reviews
4.1
11 Members
lorax, paradoxosalpha, snurp, Cecrow, ErlendSkjelten, blackdove07, souloftherose, Dilara86, spiphany, Friederike.Geissler, zottel
2
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
by Astrid Lindgren
2,760 members
49 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
ErlendSkjelten, blackdove07, ncgraham, spiphany, alvaret, EssieYesterday
3
Momo
by Michael Ende
4,586 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
ErlendSkjelten, souloftherose, Dilara86, spiphany, alvaret
4
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
by Walter Moers
3,134 members
85 reviews
4.1
4 Members
rstaedter, blackdove07, spiphany, Kinkaku
5
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
52,892 members
871 reviews
4.2
4 Members
Ravic, aulsmith, snurp, blackdove07
6
Mio, My Son
by Astrid Lindgren
1,105 members
17 reviews
4
4 Members
ErlendSkjelten, blackdove07, alvaret, ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
23,723 members
513 reviews
4.2
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda
8
The Letter for the King
by Tonke Dragt
1,238 members
45 reviews
4.2
3 Members
inge87, souloftherose, spiphany
9
Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm
1,873 members
19 reviews
4
4 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, Jarandel, ,-pilgrim-
Explanations
: Fairy tales are not fantasy.
10
The Stone and the Flute
by Hans Bemmann
523 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
Cecrow, spiphany, zottel
11
The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
5,537 members
83 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Edward, Crypto-Willobie, ManWithAnAgenda,
Explanations
: Fables are not fantasy.
12
Lycidas
by Christoph Marzi
226 members
7 reviews
4
2 Members
Friederike.Geissler, zottel
Explanations
zottel: Stands for the whole series Lycidas, Lilith, Lumen, and London (didn't like Somnia, the fourth part, as much). The overall atmosphere Marzi creates is so great and so different from most other fantasy works that it deserves the first rank.
13
The Brothers Lionheart
by Astrid Lindgren
1,972 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
ErlendSkjelten, blackdove07, alvaret,ncgraham
14
The Metamorphosis [novella]
by Franz Kafka
15,138 members
275 reviews
3.9
4 Members
blackdove07, Dilara86, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda, ,Friederike.Geissler
15
The Robber Hotzenplotz
by Otfried Preussler
440 members
5 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Ravic, blackdove07
16
Wiedźmin
by Andrzej Sapkowski
39 members
½ 4.3
2 Members
snurp, Jarandel
17
The Little Witch
by Otfried Preußler
674 members
6 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Ravic, blackdove07
18
Night Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
4,985 members
147 reviews
3.9
3 Members
souloftherose, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda,spiphany
19
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
by Angélica Gorodischer
684 members
21 reviews
3.9
2 Members
lorax, spiphany
20
The City of Dreaming Books
by Walter Moers
3,208 members
89 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Ravic, spiphany
21
Die entführte Prinzessin, Von Drachen, Liebe und anderen Ungeheuern
by Karen Duve
72 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, Friederike.Geissler
22
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
by Francesco Colonna
839 members
8 reviews
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
23
Janua Vera
by Jean-Philippe Jaworski
129 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Jarandel
24
Beowulf
by Beowulf Poet
29,140 members
362 reviews
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, ManWithAnAgenda,lorax , , ,-pilgrim-
Explanations
: Epic poetry is not fantasy.
25
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
by Viktor Pelevin
631 members
23 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
-pilgrim-
26
La Horde du Contrevent
by Alain Damasio
522 members
15 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
27
The Magic Ring
by Friedrich de LaMotte Fouqué
77 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
inge87
28
Contes
by Hans Christian Andersen
27 members
5
2 Members
aulsmith, ncgraham,
Explanations
: Fairy tales are not fantasy.
29
Monday Starts on Saturday
by Arkady Strugatsky
794 members
21 reviews
4
Member
-pilgrim-
30
The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books
by Walter Moers
630 members
16 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Ravic
31
Lady Number Thirteen
by Jose Carlos Somoza
198 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
32
The White Dominican
by Gustav Meyrink
167 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
paradoxosalpha
33
Les Chroniques des Crépusculaires
by Mathieu Gaborit
63 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
Jarandel
34
The Odyssey
by Homer
62,196 members
521 reviews
4
3 Members
Edward, aulsmith, ncgraham, ,Friederike.Geissler ,-pilgrim- ,
Explanations
: Epic poetry is not fantasy.
35
Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Funke
7,513 members
110 reviews
3.9
Member
Friederike.Geissler
36
Empire V
by Viktor Pelevin
165 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
-pilgrim-
37
Faraway
by André Dhôtel
142 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Jarandel
38
The Water Mirror
by Kai Meyer
780 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
Friederike.Geissler
39
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Dover)
by Charles Perrault
356 members
5 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ncgraham, ,-pilgrim-
Explanations
: Fairy tales are not fantasy.
40
What Men Live By and Other Tales
by Leo Tolstoy
115 members
2 reviews
3.9
Member
-pilgrim-
41
Isis
by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
34 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
paradoxosalpha
42
The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco
7,780 members
67 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
paradoxosalpha
43
Troll: A Love Story
by Johanna Sinisalo
1,048 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
44
A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition (Legends of the Condor Heroes, 1)
by Louis Cha
764 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
-pilgrim-
45
Shadow Prowler
by Alexey Pehov
413 members
18 reviews
3.8
Member
Friederike.Geissler
46
The Little Water-Sprite
by Otfried Preußler
295 members
1 review
3.9
Member
Ravic
47
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1
by Hayao Miyazaki
997 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Revolt of the Angels
by Anatole France
562 members
13 reviews
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
49
Der Fönig: Ein Moerschen
by Walter Moers
92 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Member
Ravic
50
Elbenthal-Saga: Die Hüterin Midgards
by Ivo Pala
8 members
4.8
Member
Friederike.Geissler
51
The Arabian Nights {unspecified}
756 members
12 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, alvaret, ,-pilgrim-
Explanations
-pilgrim- : Folklore is not fantasy
52
The Sandman [short story]
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
693 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda,
53
Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
5,635 members
68 reviews
½ 4.6
Member
paradoxosalpha
54
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
by Dino Buzzati
672 members
19 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Die Auftragsmörderin: Die Krosann-Saga (Volume 1) (German Edition)
by Sam Feuerbach
23 members
1 review
3.8
Member
Friederike.Geissler
56
The Witch by Mistake
by Anna Brusha
1 member
½ 3.5
Member
-pilgrim-
57
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski
9,903 members
262 reviews
3.9
Member
-pilgrim-
58
A Winter's Promise
by Christelle Dabos
2,724 members
55 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
The Best Tales of Hoffmann
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
326 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
paradoxosalpha
60
Das Erbe der Weltenreiter: Eyvindurs Sohn
by R. R. Janetzky
2 members
4
Member
Friederike.Geissler
61
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
by Nikolai Gogol
254 members
2 reviews
4
Member
-pilgrim-
62
Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita: A Graphic Novel (Eye Classics)
by Andrzej Klimowski
116 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
blackdove07
63
Blood of Elves
by Andrzej Sapkowski
6,941 members
111 reviews
3.9
Member
-pilgrim-
64
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
10,761 members
228 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
65
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Selma Lagerlöf
1,616 members
33 reviews
4
Member
spiphany
66
Blow-up and Other Stories
by Julio Cortázar
1,537 members
19 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
67
Undine
by Friedrich de LaMotte Fouqué
519 members
9 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
68
The Wandering Unicorn
by Manuel Mujica Lainez
389 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
69
Maresi
by Maria Turtschaninoff
318 members
22 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
70
Tainaron: Mail from Another City
by Leena Krohn
290 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
71
Fantastic Stories
by Andrei Sinyavsky
58 members
3 reviews
4
Member
spiphany
72
Quatemberkinder. Und wie das Vreneli die Gletscher brünnen machte.
by Tim Krohn
46 members
3.9
Member
spiphany
73
The Salamander and Other Gothic Tales
by Vladimir Odoevsky
41 members
3.8
Member
spiphany
74
Minotauros
by Tor Åge Bringsværd
19 members
4
Member
spiphany
76
Zółw taraziego
by Timur Pulatov
3 members
1 review
Member
spiphany
77
The Golem
by Gustav Meyrink
2,032 members
48 reviews
3.8
Member
Cecrow,
78
The Memory Theater
by Karin Tidbeck
246 members
13 reviews
3.8
79
Felidae
by Akif Pirinçci
588 members
8 reviews
3.8
80
The Stranger
by Max Frei
318 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
81
Spellbound
by Margit Sandemo
146 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
82
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
by Jostein Gaarder
20,709 members
316 reviews
3.8
Explanations
: Disagree that this is fantasy. It's just a vaguely mysterious frame story. (Also don't think it's particularly good as an intro to philosophy, but on that point I'd agree to disagree.)
83
Fantastik AG: Ein Epos aus den Fernen Ländern
by Jan Oldenburg
10 members
4
84
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
20,676 members
542 reviews
3.9