This morning, the National Book Awards published a long list of translated literature. This is an excellent reading bounty featuring an array of books first published in Danish, Spanish, Korean, Arabic, Uzbek, and more.
Here are the 10 long list titles for the 2025 National Book Award for translated literature:
Calculating Volumes by Solvej Balle (Book III), translated from Danish by Sophia Helsi Smith and Jennifer Russell
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Translated from Spanish by Jazmina Barrera and by Christina Macsweeney
We are green and tremble by Gabriella Cabezon Kamara.
Translated from Dutch by David McKay, the remembered soldier of Anjet Daanje
Hunchback by Sau Ichikawa, translated from Japan by Polly Burton

We Computers: Ghazal novel by Hamid Ismailov, translated from Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega
I will not part ways with Han Kang, who was translated from Korea. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Sleep stage by Mohamed Kayle, translated from Arabic by Robin Moger
Perfect by Vincenzo Latronico, translated from Italian by Sophie Hughes
Sad Tiger by Nige Sinno, translated from French by Natasha Lehler
For more information about the National Book Awards, please visit our website. Keep an eye on this week for the remaining long list!
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