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Read a book that has been translated from another language

Have you started the Expand Your Shelf challenge at your local MCPL branch, but are unsure of where to start looking for your next read? We're here to help with suggestions! Check out these titles that have been translated from another language. **List created by Kayla from our Platte City Branch**

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  • A funny, but thought-provoking novel of a woman's journey to redefine her definition of womanhood. Translated from Hindi, this title also is a 2022 International Booker Prize winner (so this read could be applied to books that have won awards as…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperVia, 2023. — F GITANJALI SRI
  • The Brothers Karamazov

    a Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue

    Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
    Translated from Russian, this novel follows the lives of the patriarch Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, as well as his three sons. While the novel was originally published in 1880, it is an epic worthy to be read even in our modernity!
    Book, 2021New York : Picador, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. — F DOSTOYEVSKY
  • Originally written in Italian, Roman Stories is a collection of short stories that feature Rome not as a setting, but as a character. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winning author, is ready to take you on a journey!
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — F LAHIRI
  • Translated from Spanish, this epic chronicle follows a family for multiple generations, great for fans of Alexander Dumas. Set in Depression-era Munich, Germany, this novel features a mystery to astound us all.
    Book, 2011New York, N.Y. : Atria Books, 2011. — F
  • Translated from Dutch, this fascinating chronicle of Noenka's life begins as she flees her life in Suriname for a life of her own choosing in the capital, Paramaribo. Featuring a diverse cast, this novel also tackles LGBTQ+ perspectives and themes.
    Book, 2023San Francisco, CA : Two Lines Press, [2023] — F ROEMER
  • Translated from Arabic, this novel follows the life of Hanna, a man who unexpectedly loses everything, including his family, after a terrible flood decimates his beloved city of Aleppo in 1907.
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — F KHALIFAH
  • Translated from Spanish, this sequel continues the story of British Secret Service retiree, Tomas Nevinson. When Tomas is asked to complete one final mission, he is unaware of the dire consequences he will have to face to complete it.
    Book, 2021Barcelona : Alfaguara, 2021. — F MARIAS
  • Translated from French, Annie Ernaux turns the concept of the "superstore" on it's head in this essay-esque tale. In her beloved Paris, she visits a superstore everyday for a year, capturing the stories that unfold inside it's massive walls.
    Book, 2023New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023] — B ER62L
  • Translated from Korean, a shape-shifting alien crash lands his spaceship in the middle of nowhere. Due to Earth's gravity, the alien decides they must practice walking--by hunting humans as food.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperVia, 2023. — F MIN
  • Translated from Turkish, this novel takes place in 1900, on the fictional island of Mingheria--the twenty-ninth state of the Ottoman Empire. Combining epidemiology, mystery, and historical epic, this will be a novel you don't want to miss!
    Book, 2022New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — F PAMUK
  • From Ecuadorian writer Mónica Ojeda, this mixture of psychological horror will keep you up late into the night!
    Book, 2023Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2023. — F OJEDA