Most Popular Translation Books of the 20th century

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Dictionary of the Khazars

Milorad Pavic

Fantasy · Translation · Alternate History

1988

The Book of Sand

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1977

The Final Circle of Paradise

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1976

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

1961

Our Ancestors

Our Ancestors

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Collection · Translation · Mainstream

1962

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1924

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

José Saramago

Fantasy · Translation

1991

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1995

The Star Diaries

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

The Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1975

The Golem

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Horror · Translation

1995

Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1973

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Jorge Amado

Magical Realism · Translation

1969

The Dream-Eater

Michael Ende

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1978

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1971

A Perfect Vacuum

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1971

Blindness #1

Blindness

José Saramago

Dystopia · Magical Realism · Translation

1995

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

Science Fiction · Translation

1990

The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1972

Pig Tales

Marie Darrieussecq

Fantasy · Translation

1997

Our Ancestors

The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Collection · Translation · Mainstream

1962

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1997

Planet of the Apes

Pierre Boulle

Science Fiction · Translation

1963

Our Ancestors

The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1959

Roadside Picnic

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1977

The Pendragon Legend

Antal Szerb

Fantasy · Translation

1934

Hard to Be a God

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

Aniara

Harry Martinson

Science Fiction · Translation

1957

Eden

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1959

The Book of Imaginary Beings

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Translation

1969

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Horror · Translation

1915

Krakatit

Karel Capek

Science Fiction · Translation

1924

Return from the Stars

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

Dr. Brodie's Report

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1970

The Castle

Franz Kafka

Magical Realism · Translation

1926