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Translated fiction

New translated fiction

Travel the world with these incredible books, masterfully translated into English.

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The Menu of Happiness

Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (trans.)

$22.99
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The Midnight Timetable

Bora Chung, Anton Hur (trans.)

$29.99
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Summer at Mount Asama

Masashi Matsuie, Margaret Mitsutani (trans.)

$29.99
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Engagement

Gun-Britt Sundström, Kathy Saranpa (trans.)

$42.99
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Lili is Crying

Hélène Bessette, Kate Briggs (trans.)

$26.99
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Soyangri Book Kitchen

Kim Jee Hye, Shanna Tan (trans.)

$34.99
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Healing fiction

Embark on a journey across Japan through heartfelt healing fiction books from Penguin.

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How to Hold Someone in your Heart

Mizuki Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (trans.)

$34.99
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The Passengers on the Hankyu Line

Hiro Arikawa, Allison Markin Powell (trans.)

$34.99
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (trans.)

$49.99
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Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

Mizuki Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (trans.)

$34.99
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura, Philip Gabriel (trans.)

$22.99
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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama, Alison Watts (trans.)

$22.99
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Crime fiction in translation

A selection of recent and must-read translated crime fiction

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Cover image for Murder in the House of Omari
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Murder in the House of Omari

Taku Ashibe, Bryan Karetnyk (trans.)

$24.99
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The Girl with Ice in her Veins

Karin Smirnoff, Sarah Death (trans.)

$32.99
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Suspicion

Seicho Matsumoto, Jesse Kirkwood (trans.)

$28.99
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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

Ragnar Jónasson, Victoria Cribb (trans.)

$34.99
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Money to Burn

Asta Olivia Nordenhof, Caroline Waight (trans.)

$34.99
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Murder at Mount Fuji

Shizuko Natsuki, Robert B. Rohmer (trans.)

$34.99
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Winners of the International Booker Prize

The International Booker Prize is the world's most influential award for translated fiction. The prize, which is awarded annually, celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland. It recognises the vital work of translators, with the prize money divided equally between authors and translators.

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi (trans.)

$29.99
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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (trans.)

$24.99
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Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Roder (trans.)

$22.99
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Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell (trans.)

$45.99
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At Night All Blood is Black

David Diop, Anna Moschovakis (trans.)

$22.99
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The Discomfort of Evening

Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchinson (trans.)

$24.99
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Women in translation

Works from women writers from around the globe, now available in English translation.

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Break Room

Miye Lee, Sandy Joosun Lee (trans.)

$32.99
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We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat

Syou Ishida, Madison Shimoda (trans.)

$34.99
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Soyangri Book Kitchen

Kim Jee Hye, Shanna Tan (trans.)

$34.99
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People with No Charisma

Jente Posthuma, Sarah Timmer Harvey (trans.)

$27.99
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Discontent

Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem (trans.)

$34.99
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Roadkill

Amil, Archana Madhavan (trans.)

$34.99
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Cosy translated fiction

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The Menu of Happiness

Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (trans.)

$22.99
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Soyangri Book Kitchen

Kim Jee Hye, Shanna Tan (trans.)

$34.99
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The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop

Takuya Asakura, Yuka Maeno (trans.)

$22.99
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Hakuda Photo Studio

Her Tae Yeon, Shanna Tan (trans.)

$22.99
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The Second Chance Convenience Store

Kim Ho-Yeon, Janet Hong (trans.)

$22.99
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The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen

Yuta Takahashi, Cat Anderson (trans.)

$22.99
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