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Books in Translation

I'm always trying to read more of what's out there, but unfortunately I don't understand all languages, so I'm always grateful to find translated works. Here's a big ol' list of works translated into English from around the world. Some of them I've read and some I haven't, but I'm keeping them here so I can continue to read around the world. Hopefully it will inspire you as well!
Many of the works came from World Literature Today's yearly list of 75 notable translations, some from the 1,001 books to read before you die list, some from my memory, and some from other world literature lists.
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The Life of Insects (Victor Pelevin)
The Life of Insects
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Victor Pelevin
"Muslim" (Zahia Rahmani)
"Muslim"
2
Zahia Rahmani
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
3
Jonas Jonasson
The 120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
4
Marquis De Sade
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (Walter Moers)
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
5
Walter Moers
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
6
Haruki Murakami
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
7
Roberto Bolano
30 Questions People Don't Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile (Inga Gaile)
30 Questions People Don't Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile
8
Inga Gaile
77 (Guillermo Saccomanno)
77
9
Guillermo Saccomanno
Aaron's Leap (Magdaléna Platzová)
Aaron's Leap
10
Magdaléna Platzová
The Abbot C (Georges Bataille)
The Abbot C
11
Georges Bataille
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man (Jonas Jonasson)
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man
12
Jonas Jonasson
Accommodations (Wioleta Grzegorzewska)
Accommodations
13
Wioleta Grzegorzewska
The Accusation (Bandi)
The Accusation
14
Bandi
Act of the Damned (António Lobo Antunes)
Act of the Damned
15
António Lobo Antunes
Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market (Pierre Bourdieu)
Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market
16
Pierre Bourdieu
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
17
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
18
Aesop
Africa 39: New Writing From Africa South of the Sahara (Ellah Wakatama Allfrey)
Africa 39: New Writing From Africa South of the Sahara
19
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
20
Haruki Murakami
The Afternoon of a Writer (Peter Handke)
The Afternoon of a Writer
21
Peter Handke
Against Nature (Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuiness)
Against Nature
22
Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuiness
The Age of Skin (Dubravka Ugresic)
The Age of Skin
23
Dubravka Ugresic
Agostino (Alberto Moravia)
Agostino
24
Alberto Moravia
Aithiopika (Heliodorus)
Aithiopika
25
Heliodorus
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
26
Vladimir Bartol
Alberta and Jacob (Cora Sandel)
Alberta and Jacob
27
Cora Sandel
All Our Yesterdays (Natalia Ginzburg)
All Our Yesterdays
28
Natalia Ginzburg
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
29
Erich Maria Remarque
Almost Transparent Blue
Almost Transparent Blue
30
Amadis of Gaul (Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo)
Amadis of Gaul
31
Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
32
Franz Kafka
Amok (Stefan Zweig)
Amok
33
Stefan Zweig
Among the Hedges (Sara Mesa)
Among the Hedges
34
Sara Mesa
An I-Novel (Minae Mizumura)
An I-Novel
35
Minae Mizumura
Ancestral Voices (Etienne Van Heerden)
Ancestral Voices
36
Etienne Van Heerden
And the Bride Closed the Door (Ronit Matalon)
And the Bride Closed the Door
37
Ronit Matalon
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer (Fredrik Backman)
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
38
Fredrik Backman
And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain (Elisabeth Åsbrink)
And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain
39
Elisabeth Åsbrink
Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl (Uwe Johnson)
Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl
40
Uwe Johnson
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