Novels featuring language professionals

Description
Novels featuring language professionals: linguists, translators, interpreters, language teachers, etc.
1
That Hideous Strength
by C. S. Lewis
9,376 members
102 reviews
3.8
4 Members
cpg, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
2
Native Tongue
by Suzette Haden Elgin
1,252 members
32 reviews
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Centers on a "clan" of linguists and interpreters
3
Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
10,186 members
118 reviews
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
4
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
by Alexander McCall Smith
1,529 members
59 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, JuliaMaria, ahef1963
5
Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
12,504 members
184 reviews
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
6
Perlmann's Silence
by Pascal Mercier
347 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
spiphany, JuliaMaria, bluepiano
7
Babel-17
by Samuel R. Delany
3,042 members
99 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
8
A Heart So White
by Javier Marías
2,234 members
66 reviews
4
3 Members
thorold, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
thorold: Narrator is an interpreter; lots of philosophical speculation about how meaning is tied to language.
9
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
8,505 members
436 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Main character is a linguist
10
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
6,778 members
199 reviews
3
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
Dilara86: French high school teacher
11
Goodbye to Berlin
by Christopher Isherwood
2,458 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
Explanations
thorold: Young man trying to make a living as an English teacher in Berlin
12
Melmoth
by Sarah Perry
1,156 members
73 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Translator
by John Crowley
511 members
11 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
14
The Guild of Xenolinguists
by Sheila Finch
84 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
15
The Translator
by Leila Aboulela
413 members
22 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
16
Metropole
by Ferenc Karinthy
483 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Dilara86, bluepiano
17
Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
by R. F. Kuang
9,958 members
232 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
Dilara86: translators, interpreters, teachers, linguists...
18
The Judas Rose
by Suzette Haden Elgin
435 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
19
Ancillary Sword
by Ann Leckie
3,600 members
195 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
20
Embassytown
by China Miéville
3,877 members
237 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
21
Translation is a Love Affair
by Jacques Poulin
140 members
20 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
22
An Unnecessary Woman
by Rabih Alameddine
1,446 members
94 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Translator
23
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
2,359 members
84 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
JuliaMaria
24
Memoirs of a spacewoman
by Naomi Mitchison
344 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
25
Girl in Ice
by Erica Ferencik
342 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
The Last of the Vostyachs
by Diego Marani
70 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
27
Bitter Almonds
by Laurence Cossé
59 members
7 reviews
4
Member
labfs39
Explanations
labfs39: Main character is a translator and language teacher
28
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
14,427 members
482 reviews
4
Member
labfs39
Explanations
labfs39: Interpreter
29
The Scar
by China Miéville
5,384 members
134 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
30
Uhura's Song
by Janet Kagan
999 members
17 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
31
The Mission Song
by John le Carré
2,778 members
59 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Main character is an interpreter for central African languages
32
The Antiquarian
by Gustavo (ed.) Faverón Patriau
99 members
5 reviews
3.1
Member
bluepiano
33
The Dresden Green
by Nicolas Freeling
69 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Crime story: main character is an interpreter in an international organisation in Strasbourg
34
King of the sea
by Derek Bickerton
14 members
½ 2.5
Member
aulsmith
35
Night Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier
3,384 members
107 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Main character is a Swiss classics teacher who teaches himself Portuguese
36
The Athenian Murders
by José Carlos Somoza
838 members
30 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: One of the protagonists is a translator
37
Gaijin on the Ginza
by James Kirkup
6 members
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: gay English language teacher/translator in Tokyo
38
Down with the Poor!
by Shumona Sinha
55 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Interpreter
39
Demolishing Babel
by Michael Carson
23 members
½ 2.7
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: comedy about EFL teachers
40
Silence
by Shusaku Endo
4,473 members
111 reviews
4
Member
Dilara86
41
Tomcat in Love
by Tim O'Brien
746 members
16 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
42
The File on H.
by Ismaïl Kadaré
370 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
43
Day In Day Out
by Terézia Mora
126 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
44
The Grasshopper King
by Jordan Ellenberg
54 members
1 review
3.1
Member
spiphany
45
The Interpreter
by Natascha Wodin
16 members
1 review
2
Member
spiphany
46
Earthsong
by Suzette Haden Elgin
290 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
47
Fate of Ravens
by Tiina Nunnally
19 members
1 review
3.8
Member
Dilara86
48
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst
3,054 members
121 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
49
The Full Catastrophe
by David Carkeet
126 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
50
Les villes de la plaine
by Diane Meur
14 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
51
Celestis
by Paul Park
194 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
Dilara86
52
Under Western Eyes
by Joseph Conrad
2,108 members
29 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
53
The Sound of Language: A Novel
by Amulya Malladi
129 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
54
Double Negative
by David Carkeet
309 members
10 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
55
Alphabet of Thorn
by Patricia A. McKillip
1,352 members
49 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
56
The Bug
by Ellen Ullman
360 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
57
Dans le faisceau des vivants
by Valérie Zenatti
12 members
4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: The writer/narrator is Aharon Appelfeld's translator
58
Omnilingual [short story]
by H. Beam Piper
108 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
59
Butterflies in November
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
372 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Translator
60
The interpreter
by Suzanne Glass
84 members
2 reviews
2.8
Member
Dilara86
61
The Interpreter
by Suki Kim
225 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
62
The Interpreter
by Brian W. Aldiss
296 members
7 reviews
2.9
Member
Dilara86
63
The Interpreter (Dedalus Europe)
by Diego Marani
34 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
64
Spring Tides
by Jacques Poulin
143 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Main character translates comic strips
65
Revenge of the Translator
by Brice Matthieussent
61 members
2 reviews
2.9
Member
Dilara86
66
Tè mawon
by Michael Roch
12 members
1 review
3.1
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: translators/interpreters
67
Intimacies
by Katie Kitamura
923 members
57 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: interpreter
68
The Centre
by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
406 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: translator
69
Translation State
by Ann Leckie
1,058 members
45 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
70
Guapa
by Saleem Haddad
256 members
9 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
71
The Lies You Wrote
by Brianna Labuskes
139 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
72
The Interpreter: A Novel
by Brooke Robinson
72 members
4 reviews
2.8
Member
Dilara86
73
Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
by Lola Robles
33 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
74
Le Miroir de l'oubli
by Youri Rytkhèou
2 members
4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Russian<>Chukchi translator
75
L'égout
by Andrija Matic
4 members
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
76
The Translator: A Novel
by Nina Schuyler
142 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
77
The Translator
by Ward Just
114 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
78
The Translator
by Harriet Crawley
25 members
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
79
The Translator: A Novel
by Pat Goodheart
3 members
Member
Dilara86
80
A Distant Father
by Antonio Skármeta
57 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
81
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
by Dorthe Nors
319 members
16 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
82
Éden
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
38 members
1 review
3.9
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: linguistics professor
83
The Extinction of Irena Rey
by Jennifer Croft
346 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
84
Sleep Phase
by Mohamed Kheir
10 members
1 review
4
Member
Dilara86
85
In the Cut
by Susanna Moore
758 members
20 reviews
3.1
86
Bonsai
by Alejandro Zambra
484 members
28 reviews
½ 3.5
87
The Detour
by Gerbrand Bakker
403 members
29 reviews
3.8
88
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
384 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
89
The Godmother
by Hannelore Cayre
244 members
14 reviews
3.8
90
Event Factory
by Renee Gladman
187 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
91
The Eye of the Queen
by Phillip Mann
169 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
92
I am China
by Xiaolu Guo
150 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
93
Das war ich nicht
by Kristof Magnusson
97 members
4 reviews
4.1
94
Nine Island
by Jane Alison
86 members
15 reviews
3.8
95
Deux étés
by Erik Orsenna
74 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
96
Nevermore
by Cécile Wajsbrot
12 members
97
Tolmach
by Mikhail Gigolashvili
5 members
1 review
4
98
Überflüssige Menschen
by Gabriele Riedle
3 members