Most Popular Translation Books of the 1990s

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1995

8.3/10 16 ratings

Blindness #1

Blindness

José Saramago

Dystopia · Magical Realism · Translation

1995

8.0/10 20 ratings

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1991

7.9/10 26 ratings

Empire of the Ants

Bernard Werber

Science Fiction · Translation

1991

7.5/10 35 ratings

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Peter Høeg

Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

September 1, 1993

7.3/10 42 ratings

Dragon Rider #1

Dragon Rider

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

1997

7.1/10 82 ratings

Monsieur de Phocas

Jean Lorrain

Fantasy · Horror · Translation

1994

10/10 1 ratings

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

José Saramago

Fantasy · Translation

1991

8.4/10 5 ratings

The Golem

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Horror · Translation

1995

7.7/10 13 ratings

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

Science Fiction · Translation

1990

8.1/10 9 ratings

Pig Tales

Marie Darrieussecq

Fantasy · Translation

1997

7.7/10 10 ratings

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1997

7.7/10 7 ratings

Dance Dance Dance

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1994

6.5/10 6 ratings

The Last World

Christoph Ransmayr

Fantasy · Translation · Historical Fiction

1991

6/10 1 ratings

The Golden Pot and Other Tales

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1992

6/10 1 ratings

Paris in the 20th Century

Jules Verne

Science Fiction · Translation

1996

5.6/10 8 ratings

Doña Quixote and Other Citizens / Gold of Ophir

Leena Krohn

Fantasy · Translation

1995

4.7/10 3 ratings

My Phantom Husband

Marie Darrieussecq

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1999

The Forest of Hours

Kerstin Ekman

Fantasy · Translation

1998

Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1998

The Dog King

Christoph Ransmayr

Translation · Alternate History

1997

Twilight Country #2

Sweetwater

Knut Faldbakken

Science Fiction · Translation

1994

Eric in the Land of the Insects

Godfried Bomans

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1994

The White Dominican

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1994

Of Love and Other Demons

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1994

Twilight Country #1

Twilight Country

Knut Faldbakken

Science Fiction · Translation

1993

Walpurgisnacht

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1993

The Green Face

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1992

Strange Pilgrims

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1992

The Angel of the West Window

Gustav Meyrink

Fantasy · Translation

1991

The Haunted ”Pampero”

William Hope Hodgson

Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Translation

1991

Machine

René Belletto

Science Fiction · Translation · Thriller

1990

Gothic Romance

Emmanuel Carrère

Horror · Translation

1990

Nine Fairy Tales and One Thrown in for Good Measure

Karel Capek

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

1990