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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Speculative Fiction in Translation - Page 2

There's a great big world out there, filled with accomplished authors writing in every language. Speculative fiction is an especially vibrant genre, and with works like Cixin Liu's award-winning Three-Body Problem garnering much-deserved applause here in the U.S., and multiple anthologies of Spanish-language fiction becoming available, there's never been a better time to build your TBR list.
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Krakatit (Karel Čapek)
Krakatit
41
Karel Čapek
The Last Passenger (Manel Loureiro)
The Last Passenger
42
Manel Loureiro
A Legend of the Future (Agustín De Rojas)
A Legend of the Future
43
Agustín De Rojas
The Library (Zoran Živković)
The Library
44
Zoran Živković
The Magic Flute of Tianjialin (Tong Enzheng)
The Magic Flute of Tianjialin
45
Tong Enzheng
The Map of Time (Felix J. Palma)
The Map of Time
46
Felix J. Palma
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
47
Mikhail Bulgakov
Memories of the Future (Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky)
Memories of the Future
48
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Memory (Teresa P. Mira De Echeverría)
Memory
49
Teresa P. Mira De Echeverría
Metro 2034 (Dmitry Glukhovsky)
Metro 2034
50
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Moscow 2042 (Vladimir Voinovich)
Moscow 2042
51
Vladimir Voinovich
Nest of Worlds (Marek S. Huberath)
Nest of Worlds
52
Marek S. Huberath
Nexhuman (Franceso Verso)
Nexhuman
53
Franceso Verso
The Nightwatch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
The Nightwatch
54
Sergei Lukyanenko
Nile Gold (John Knittel)
Nile Gold
55
John Knittel
No Return (Alexander Kabakov)
No Return
56
Alexander Kabakov
Noir (Olivier Pauvert)
Noir
57
Olivier Pauvert
The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams (Jacek Dukaj)
The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams
58
Jacek Dukaj
On the Hill of Roses (Stefan Grabiński)
On the Hill of Roses
59
Stefan Grabiński
The Other City (Michal Ajvaz)
The Other City
60
Michal Ajvaz
A Planet for Rent (Yoss)
A Planet for Rent
61
Yoss
Please Mr. Einstein (Jean-Claude Carrière)
Please Mr. Einstein
62
Jean-Claude Carrière
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
63
Basma Abdel Aziz
The Rabbit Back Literature Society (Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen)
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
64
Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Recipearium (Costi Gurgu)
Recipearium
65
Costi Gurgu
Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas (Kazuki Sakuraba)
Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas
66
Kazuki Sakuraba
The Red Queen (Dirk Draulans)
The Red Queen
67
Dirk Draulans
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
68
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Saga of the Elven (Bernhard Hennen)
The Saga of the Elven
69
Bernhard Hennen
Sambaqui: A Novel of Pre-History (Stella Carr)
Sambaqui: A Novel of Pre-History
70
Stella Carr
The Self Reference Engine (Toh Enjoe)
The Self Reference Engine
71
Toh Enjoe
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
72
Tatyana Tolstaya
Snuff (Viktor Pelevin)
Snuff
73
Viktor Pelevin
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
74
Stanislaw Lem
The Sphere of Glass (Marianne Gruber)
The Sphere of Glass
75
Marianne Gruber
Squaring the Circle (Gheorghe Săsărma)
Squaring the Circle
76
Gheorghe Săsărma
Sunburnt Faces (Shimon Adaf)
Sunburnt Faces
77
Shimon Adaf
Super Extra Grande (Yoss)
Super Extra Grande
78
Yoss
Telepathy (Amir Tag Elsir)
Telepathy
79
Amir Tag Elsir
Texaco (Patrick Chamoiseau)
Texaco
80
Patrick Chamoiseau
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