Most Popular Translation Books of the 2020s

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Vardari #1

Iron Wolf

Siri Pettersen

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

February 21, 2023

Fishing for the Little Pike

Juhani Karila

Fantasy · Translation

September 12, 2023

The Witcher #9

Crossroads of Ravens

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

September 30, 2025

The Raven Rings #1

Odin's Child

Siri Pettersen

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

March 23, 2021

The Raven Rings #3

The Might

Siri Pettersen

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

March 29, 2022

Vardari #2

Silver Throat

Siri Pettersen

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

February 25, 2025

Qualityland #1

Qualityland

Marc-Uwe Kling

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

January 2020

The Raven Rings #2

The Rot

Siri Pettersen

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

October 5, 2021

The Membranes

Chi Ta-wei

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation

June 2021

The Home

Mats Strandberg

Horror · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

August 6, 2020

The Moonday Letters

Emmi Itäranta

Science Fiction · Translation

July 5, 2022

The Anomaly

Hervé Le Tellier

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Translation · Thriller

November 23, 2021

Vampyria Saga #1

The Court of Shadows

Victor Dixen

Fantasy · Vampires · Young Adult · Translation · Alternate History

September 2023

The Hussite Trilogy #1

The Tower of Fools

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

October 27, 2020

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

August 2020

The Morning Star #4

The School of Night

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fantasy · Translation

January 13, 2026

The Mirror Visitor #3

The Memory of Babel

Christelle Dabos

Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

September 8, 2020

The Morning Star #3

The Third Realm

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fantasy · Translation

October 1, 2024

The Kraften Trilogy #1

The Orphan

Marcus Tallberg, Elin Frykholm

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Translation

February 16, 2021

Beasts of the Sea

Iida Turpeinen

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

October 23, 2025

Legends of the Condor Heroes #3

A Snake Lies Waiting

Jin Yong

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

January 23, 2020

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamin Labatut

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

March 9, 2020

Afterglow

Matti Järvinen, Sara Norja

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Anthology · Poetry

June 26, 2025

Millennium #7

The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

Karin Smirnoff

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Thriller

August 29, 2023

The Mirror Visitor #4

The Storm of Echoes

Christelle Dabos

Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

August 16, 2022

The Hussite Trilogy #2

Warriors of God

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

October 21, 2021

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

September 17, 2024

The City of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

November 23, 2021

The Morning Star #1

The Morning Star

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fantasy · Translation

September 28, 2021

Vampyria Saga #2

The Court of Miracles

Victor Dixen

Fantasy · Vampires · Young Adult · Translation · Alternate History

June 25, 2024

Legends of the Condor Heroes #4

A Heart Divided

Jin Yong

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

March 25, 2021

The Morning Star #2

The Wolves of Eternity

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fantasy · Translation

September 23, 2023

The Hussite Trilogy #3

Light Perpetual

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

October 25, 2022

Beasts

Ingvild Bjerkeland

Horror · Dystopia · Young Adult · Translation

April 10, 2025

Of Ants and Dinosaurs

Cixin Liu

Science Fiction · Translation

May 7, 2020

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Tales from the Café

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Fantasy · Translation

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