Range by Dorthe Nors review – an astrophysicist at odds with reality
By Caleb Klaces
In the Danish writer’s latest novel, an eminent scientist withdraws to the countryside
#Fiction #Books #Culture #Fictionintranslation #TheGuardian #CalebKlaces
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Paul, John … and Yvonne? The French novelist asking: what if a woman had written the Beatles’ greatest hits? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/18/author-michel-bussi-code-yesterday-one-woman-wrote-the-beatles-songs #Fiction #MusicBooks #FictionInTranslation #Books #Culture #France #TheBeatles #Music
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Paul, John... and Yvonne? The French novelist asking: what if a woman had written the Beatles’ greatest hits?
By Bertrand BouardCelebrated thriller writer Michel Bussi explains why the plot of his new novel Code Yesterday isn’t so far fetched, saying ‘I wanted to give women revenge’
#Fiction #Musicbooks #Fictionintranslation #Books #Culture #France #TheBeatles #Music #TheGuardian #BertrandBouard
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Péter Nádas obituary
By Boyd TonkinHungarian author who explored memory and history in his fiction and was nominated for a Nobel prize
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/09/peter-nadas-obituary
#Fictionintranslation #Books #Fiction #Awardsandprizes #Hungary #Communism #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #BoydTonkin
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Top 100 reader novels
By Guardian staff and contributorsAfter critics and authors picked their top 100 novels we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, more than 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here’s your list – topped by a new number 1
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jun/06/readers-top-100-novels-of-all-time
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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
By John SelfThe Red Book of Farewells by Pirkko Saisio; Short Circuit by Wolf Haas; Cosmos by Lucia Odoom; The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest by Alejandra Kamiya
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/21/the-best-recent-translated-fiction-review-roundup
#Fiction #Books #Culture #Fictionintranslation #TheGuardian #JohnSelf
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I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa review – Nobel laureate’s final novel is a love letter to Peru
By Marcel TherouxThis fascinating, eccentric book becomes a quirky primer on Peruvian music and culture
#Books #MarioVargasLlosa #Fictionintranslation #Culture #Fiction #TheGuardian #MarcelTheroux
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Jacaranda by Gaël Faye review – the limits of forgiveness after Rwanda
By Rachel SeiffertThis bold family saga explores a search for healing and truth in the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide
#Fiction #Books #Fictionintranslation #Culture #TheGuardian #RachelSeiffert
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From author to anime hero: the unlikely revival of a Japanese literary star
By John SelfMore than seven decades after they were first released, the dark novels of Osamu Dazai have become a publishing sensation, as a new generation of readers engage with his bleakness, humour and brilliance
#Fictionintranslation #Fiction #Books #Culture #Japan #TheGuardian #JohnSelf
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A voyage of discovery: an idiot’s guide to reading The Odyssey https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/16/a-voyage-of-discovery-an-idiots-guide-to-reading-the-odyssey #Books #Homer #TheOdyssey #Culture #Film #FictionInTranslation #Fiction #Classics
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A voyage of discovery: an idiot’s guide to reading The Odyssey
By Ioan Marc JonesChristopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic has sparked a new appetite for an old classic. Here are the translations, podcasts and audiobooks that make the Homeric world more approachable
#Books #Homer #TheOdyssey #Culture #Film #Fictionintranslation #Fiction #Classics #TheGuardian #IoanMarcJones
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Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
By Chris PowerFrom novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders
#Fiction #Fictionintranslation #Books #Culture #Scienceandnaturebooks #TheGuardian #ChrisPower
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The Anniversary by Andrea Bajani review – meet the terrible parents
By Lara FeigelTherapy brings childhood trauma to light in this ambitious tale of family rupture – a smash hit in Italy that fails to live up to its hype
#Fiction #Books #Culture #Fictionintranslation #TheGuardian #LaraFeigel
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Who’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/16/story-behind-100-best-novels-all-time #Books #Fiction #FictionInTranslation #Culture
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‘Hope, insight and burning humanity’: 2026 International Booker prize shortlist announced https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/31/2026-international-booker-prize-shortlist-announced-marie-ndiaye-yang-shuang-zi-daniel-kehlmann #Books #Culture #InternationalBookerPrize #AwardsAndPrizes #Fiction #FictionInTranslation
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Asako Yuzuki: ‘I’m very far from the ideal Japanese woman’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/28/asako-yuzuki-im-very-far-from-the-ideal-japanese-woman #FictionInTranslation #Books #Culture #Fiction
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Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/24/ravn-kehlmann-genberg-enard-and-cabezon-camara-longlist-international-booker-prize #InternationalBookerPrize #Books #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #UkNews #FictionInTranslation #Fiction
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The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgård review – can this sprawling epic deliver on its promise? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/25/the-school-of-night-by-karl-ove-knausgard-review #Fictionintranslation #KarlOveKnausgård #Fiction #Culture #Books
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🗺️ New regional landing pages for book translations in 45 languages:
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🎉 Big update! My translated novels are now organised by region for your convenience.
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Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/15/air-miles-novels-books-colombia-gabriel-garcia-marquez-news #Fictionintranslation #Worldnews #Fiction #Culture #Reading #UKnews #Books
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‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/08/its-another-form-of-imperialism-how-anglophone-literature-lost-its-universal-appeal #Fictionintranslation #JonathanFranzen #ElenaFerrante #RobertoBolaño #AnnieErnaux #Culture #HanKang #Books
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#LunchtimeReading : You Glow in the Dark, a collection of short stories by Bolivian author Liliana Colanzi , coming October in the UK from Akoya Publishing
#books #livres #AmReading #bookstodon #YouGlowInTheDark #Bolivia #BolivianLiterature #Akoya #LilianaColanzi #FictionInTranslation
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AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators
UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/08/globescribe-ai-translation-service-fiction-writers-publishers-prompts-dismay-among-translators#Publishing #Fictionintranslation #Books #ArtificialintelligenceAI #Language
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‘My legal work sows the seeds of my stories’: International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/23/international-booker-prize-winner-banu-mushtaq-deepa-bhasthi-heart-lamp #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #Culture #Fiction #Books #India
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‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/20/radical-translation-of-heart-lamp-by-banu-mushtaq-wins-international-booker-prize #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #Shortstories #Culture #Fiction #Books #India
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Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom
Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’ A new festival of…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/09/translated-by-bristol-festival-literature-translation-translators#Literaryfestivals #Fictionintranslation #Books #Publishing #Fiction
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All 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/25/all-13-writers-on-international-booker-longlist-are-first-time-nominees #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #Culture #Books
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Five of the best translated fiction of 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/06/five-of-the-best-translated-fiction-of-2024 #Fictionintranslation #Bestbooksoftheyear #Bestbooksof2024 #2024inCulture #Culture #Fiction #Books
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Kafka: Selected Stories, edited by Mark Harman review – the master who never wasted a word https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/09/franz-kafka-selected-stories-review-mark-harman-translator #Fictionintranslation #FranzKafka #Fiction #Culture #Books
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‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/01/an-ancient-shadow-permeates-his-work-alberto-manguel-on-the-genius-of-ismail-kadare #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #IsmailKadare #Albania #Culture #Fiction #France #Europe #Books
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Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88 https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/01/ismail-kadare-giant-of-albanian-literature-dies-aged-88 #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #IsmailKadare #Worldnews #Fiction #Culture #Albania #France #Europe #Books
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César Aira’s unreal magic: how the eccentric author took over Latin American literature https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/07/cesar-airas-unreal-magic-how-the-eccentric-author-took-over-latin-american-literature #Nobelprizeinliterature #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #Argentina #Fiction #Culture
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Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/16/survey-finds-generative-ai-proving-major-threat-to-the-work-of-translators #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Fictionintranslation #Publishing #Technology #Culture #Books
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Latin American authors on rise in International Booker prize lists https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/12/latin-american-authors-on-rise-in-international-booker-prize-lists #Fictionintranslation #GabrielGarcíaMárquez #MarioVargasLlosa #Awardsandprizes #CarlosFuentes #Horrorbooks #Bookerprize #Culture #Fiction #Books
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Six ‘implicitly optimistic’ novels make the International Booker prize shortlist https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/09/six-implicitly-optimistic-novels-make-the-international-booker-prize-shortlist #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #Culture #Fiction #Books
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Latin American fiction ‘booms’ again on International Booker prize longlist https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/11/latin-american-fiction-booms-again-on-international-booker-prize-longlist #InternationalBookerprize #Fictionintranslation #Awardsandprizes #AndreyKurkov #IsmailKadare #Culture #Fiction #UKnews #Books
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‘An act of betrayal’: Gabriel García Márquez’s son on publishing his father’s work against his will https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/08/gabriel-garcia-marquez-son-publishing-fathers-work-until-august #GabrielGarcíaMárquez #Fictionintranslation #Colombia #Culture #Fiction #Books
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Until August by Gabriel García Márquez review – a ‘lost’ last novel https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/06/until-august-by-gabriel-garcia-marquez-review-a-lost-last-novel #GabrielGarcíaMárquez #Fictionintranslation #Fiction #Culture #Books
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Firing up my next fiction book. A short one but looks a good one. The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, set in 17th century Holland at the time of "Tulipmania". #books #reading #fiction #fictionInTranslation #dumas #alexandreDumas #frenchLiterature #netherlands #holland #tulipmania #historicalFiction #17thCentury #17thCenturyFiction #SeventeenthCentury #SeventeenthCenturyFiction #bookstodon #booksInTranslation #translatedBooks #tulips