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50 Novels in Translation

A list of 50 of the best and most famous fiction books which have been published in another language and translated into English.
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
3
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
4
Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
5
Gustave Flaubert
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
6
Stieg Larsson
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
7
Gabriel García Márquez
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
8
Alexandre Dumas
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
9
Miguel De Cervantes
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
10
Paulo Coelho
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
11
Alexandre Dumas
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
12
Erich Maria Remarque
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
13
Victor Hugo
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
14
Jules Verne
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
15
Laura Esquivel
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
16
Patrick Suskind
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
17
Elena Ferrante
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
18
Franz Kafka
Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
Heidi
19
Johanna Spyri
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
20
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
21
Hermann Hesse
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Inkheart
22
Cornelia Funke
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
23
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Hundred Year Old Man (Jonas Jonasson)
The Hundred Year Old Man
24
Jonas Jonasson
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
25
Italo Calvino
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
26
Victor Hugo
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
27
Haruki Murakami
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
28
Jules Verne
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
29
Milan Kundera
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
30
Ivan Turgenev
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
31
Hermann Hesse
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
32
Umberto Eco
The Vegetarian (Han King)
The Vegetarian
33
Han King
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
34
Irène Némirovsky
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
35
Stendhal
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
36
Bernhard Schlink
Look Who's Back (Timur Vermes)
Look Who's Back
37
Timur Vermes
Faceless Killers (Henning Mankell)
Faceless Killers
38
Henning Mankell
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
39
Francoise Sagan
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
40
Albert Camus
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