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Four Translated Books and Four Authors Read Per Language

These are books originally written in another language and translated to modern English. I only included languages of which I had read books from at least 4 different authors. There are 42 languages total and they are arranged alphabetically. Thanks to Korrick for the inspiration for this list!
The languages featured include:
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Bengali
Bulgarian
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
Flemish
French
Georgian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Latvian
Macedonian
Moldovan
Montenegrin
Norwegian
Old English/Middle English
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Sanskrit
Serbo-Croatian/Serbian (I realize these are slightly different)
Slovak
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
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Broken April (Ismail Kadare)
Broken April
Ismail Kadare
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The Country Where No One Ever Dies (Ornela Vorpsi)
The Country Where No One Ever Dies
Ornela Vorpsi
3
Negative Space (Luljeta Lleshanaku)
Negative Space
Luljeta Lleshanaku
4
A Short Border Handbook (Gazmend Kapllani)
A Short Border Handbook
Gazmend Kapllani
5
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous
6
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)
Palace Walk
Naguib Mahfouz
7
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih
8
Yacoubian Building (Alaa Aswany)
Yacoubian Building
Alaa Aswany
9
Bosphorus Nights (Bedros Tourian)
Bosphorus Nights
Bedros Tourian
10
Poems of Yeghishe Charent (Yeghishe Charent)
Poems of Yeghishe Charent
Yeghishe Charent
11
Retreat Without Song (Shahan Shahnour)
Retreat Without Song
Shahan Shahnour
12
Three Apples Fell From the Sky (Narine Abgaryan)
Three Apples Fell From the Sky
Narine Abgaryan
13
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die (Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay)
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
14
The Home and the World (Rabindranath Tagore)
The Home and the World
Rabindranath Tagore
15
Revenge (Tasmina Nasrin)
Revenge
Tasmina Nasrin
16
Sultana's Dream (Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain)
Sultana's Dream
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
17
A Ballad for Georg Henig (Viktor Paskov)
A Ballad for Georg Henig
Viktor Paskov
18
Everything Happens as It Does (Albena Stambolova)
Everything Happens as It Does
Albena Stambolova
19
Party Headquarters (Georgi Tenev)
Party Headquarters
Georgi Tenev
20
Under the Yoke (Ivan Vazov)
Under the Yoke
Ivan Vazov
21
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
22
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie
23
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
Lao-Tzu
24
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
25
As If I Am Not There (Slavenka Drakulić)
As If I Am Not There
Slavenka Drakulić
26
A Castle in Romagna (Igor Štiks)
A Castle in Romagna
Igor Štiks
27
The Return of Philip Latinowicz (Miroslav Krleža)
The Return of Philip Latinowicz
Miroslav Krleža
28
The Walnut Mansion (Miljenko Jergovic)
The Walnut Mansion
Miljenko Jergovic
29
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
Jaroslav Hašek
30
R.U.R. (Karel Capek)
R.U.R.
Karel Capek
31
Too Loud a Solitude (Bohumil Hrabal)
Too Loud a Solitude
Bohumil Hrabal
32
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
33
The Boy in the Suitcase (Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis)
The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis
34
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
35
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard
36
Smilla's Sense of Snow (Peter Høeg)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Høeg
37
The Boy Between Worlds (Annejet Van Der Zijl)
The Boy Between Worlds
Annejet Van Der Zijl
38
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
39
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh)
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
40
Max Havelaar (Multatuli)
Max Havelaar
Multatuli
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