Most Popular Translation Books of the 2020s

Hildur #5

The Stranger from the Mountains

Satu Rämö

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

November 19, 2026

The Song of Stork and Dromedary

Anjet Daanje

Gothic Horror · Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

August 18, 2026

Centroeuropa

Vicente Luis Mora

Magical Realism · Translation

March 10, 2026

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #3

Welcome to Kokoro Cat Clinic

Syou Ishida

Magical Realism · Cats · Translation

September 22, 2026

Mimik

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Translation · Thriller

December 4, 2025

We'll Prescribe You a Cat #2

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat

Syou Ishida

Magical Realism · Cats · Translation

September 2, 2025

The Unworthy

Agustina Bazterrica

Horror · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation

March 4, 2025

Lady of the Lake and other dives into the deep

Eve Lumerto

Fantasy · Collection · Short Stories · Translation

June 26, 2025

Winter's Heart

Matti Järvinen

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Anthology

June 26, 2025

Finnish Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories #2

The Lion and the Lynx

Saara Henriksson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories · Translation

June 26, 2025

Killer Instinct #10

The Sleepwalker

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

July 31, 2025

Playlist

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Translation · Thriller

September 12, 2024

Therapy

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Translation · Thriller

January 9, 2024

Ixelles

Johannes Anyuru

Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

October 8, 2024

The Inmate

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Translation

June 8, 2023

Fabian Risk #6

The Final Nail

Stefan Ahnhem

Nordic Noir · Suspense Thriller · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

December 8, 2022

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories: A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation

Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Anthology · Translation

March 8, 2022

After the Sun

Jonas Eika

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

August 24, 2021

The Gypsy Spiders and Other Tales of Italian Horror

Nicola Lombardi

Horror · Short Stories · Translation

2021

Doors #3

Fields of Blood

Markus Heitz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

March 4, 2021

Doors #2

Twilight

Markus Heitz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

March 4, 2021

Doors #1

Colony

Markus Heitz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Translation

March 4, 2021

Walk Me Home

Sebastian Fitzek

Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Translation

September 12, 2020

Naia Thulin #1

The Chestnut Man

Søren Sveistrup

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

September 8, 2020

Fabian Risk #5

X Ways to Die

Stefan Ahnhem

Nordic Noir · Suspense Thriller · Translation · Mystery · Thriller

December 10, 2020

City Among the Stars

Francis Carsac

Science Fiction · Translation

May 21, 2020

To Hold Up the Sky

Cixin Liu

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Translation

October 20, 2020

Daughter from the Dark

Sergey Dyachenko, Marina Dyachenko

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Translation

February 2020

Creative Surgery

Clelia Farris

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

January 7, 2020

Black Leviathan

Bernd Perplies

Fantasy · Translation

February 25, 2020

Vagabonds

Hao Jingfang

Science Fiction · Translation

April 14, 2020