Not Lost in Translation
Books on this list were originally written in a language other than English.  Travel the world right from your favorite reading spot with a great book and gain perspective on other cultures by reading a book written in languages as diverse as Korean, Russian and Japanese.  You can find many of these books in the BCCLS catalog in their original form. Visit the BCCLS World Language catalog to find directories of books in specific languages at specific libraries. Place a request to have a book shipped to the Tenafly Library.



All the Lovers in the Night

by Mieko Kawakami


The Ardent Swarm

by Yamen Manai


Beauty Is A Wound

by Eka Kurniawan


Bitter Orange Tree

by Jukhah Harithi


The Books Of Jacob

by Olga Tokarczuk


Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata




Death is Hard Work

by Khalid Khalifah


Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk


Germania A Novel Of Nazi Berlin

by Harald Gilbers




The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson


Go Went Gone

by Jenny Erpenbeck




The House Of Spirits

by Isabel Allende


House On Endless Waters

by Emunah Elon


A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman


The Murmur of Bees

by Sofia Segovia


My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante






The Resting Place

by Camilla Sten


The Reunion

by Guillaume Musso


Scattered All Over The Earth

by Yoko Tawada


The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon


Signs Preceding the End of the World

by Yuri Herrera


Stalking the Atomic City

by Markiian Kamysh


Strangers I Know

by Claudia Durastanti


The Swallows Of Kabul

by Yasmina Khadra


The Thorn Puller

by Hiromi Ito




When I Sing, Mountains Dance

by Irene Sola