Best Fantasy Originally Published in a Language Other Than English

1

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

13,837 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

2,759 members

49 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: ErlendSkjelten, blackdove07, ncgraham, spiphany, alvaret, EssieYesterday

3

Momo

by Michael Ende

4,581 members

100 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: ErlendSkjelten, souloftherose, Dilara86, spiphany, alvaret

4

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

by Walter Moers

3,129 members

85 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rstaedter, blackdove07, spiphany, Kinkaku

5

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

52,827 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

23,868 members

513 reviews

4.2

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Letter for the King

by Tonke Dragt

1,237 members

45 reviews

4.2

3 Members: inge87, souloftherose, spiphany

9

Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm

1,869 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

522 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Cecrow, spiphany, zottel

11

The Golden Ass

by Apuleius

5,530 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

15,109 members

274 reviews

3.9

4 Members: blackdove07, Dilara86, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda, ,Friederike.Geissler

15

The Robber Hotzenplotz

by Otfried Preussler

439 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

4,984 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

3,203 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

838 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

29,111 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

792 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

62,110 members

521 reviews

4

3 Members: Edward, aulsmith, ncgraham, ,Friederike.Geissler ,-pilgrim- ,
Explanations: : Epic poetry is not fantasy.

35

Dragon Rider

by Cornelia Funke

7,503 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

355 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

7,774 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

771 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: -pilgrim-

45

Shadow Prowler

by Alexey Pehov

409 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

996 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Revolt of the Angels

by Anatole France

561 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}

755 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

5,632 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

9,872 members

261 reviews

3.9

Member: -pilgrim-

58

A Winter's Promise

by Christelle Dabos

2,714 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

115 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: blackdove07

63

Blood of Elves

by Andrzej Sapkowski

6,919 members

110 reviews

3.9

Member: -pilgrim-

64

Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino

10,744 members

228 reviews

4.1

Member: spiphany

65

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlöf

1,619 members

33 reviews

4

Member: spiphany

66

Blow-up and Other Stories

by Julio Cortázar

1,539 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

75

New Worlds from the Lowlands: Fantasy and Science Fiction of Dutch and Flemish Writers

by Manuel van Loggem

5 members

1 review

3

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

145 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

82

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

20,687 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

20,644 members

541 reviews

3.9

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