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Ronnie The Reader

@ronniethereader97.bsky.social

4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #booksky #translatedbooks #tokyoexpress #4starread #2026reads

April 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM

Casey Bee

@caseybeebooks.bsky.social

Books and cats! A collection of five short stories about a clinic that prescribes cats as medicine. For the cat lovers! Heartwarming and feel good. Ft. My baby Little Jimmy 🐈❤️ #booksky #catsandbooks #translatedbooks

February 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Britt Kravets

@bkravets.com

BREASTS & EGGS by MIEKO KAWAKAMI - 4/5 ⭐️

Read my full review at: bibliocreep.substack.com/p/review-bre...

#BookSky #MiekoKawakami #BreastsAndEggs #BookReview #Books #JapaneseLiterature #TranslatedBooks #LiteraryFiction

January 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Reese

@itstreese.bsky.social

anyone else have typically have 5+ books going at once in different genres/formats? #booksky #translatedbooks #comics

January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM

Life is a Festival!

@lifeisafestival.bsky.social

At the local library:
Do you have a #translatedbooks section?
Polish books?
No, books in English translated from other languages.
Urdu?
Never mind.
#translatedfiction #booksky #translatedbooksky #worldlit

October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Vijay

@vjs.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
I'm doing #fiction first.

Day 10

#BookSky💙📚 #BookishBsky #audiobooks #TranslatedBooks #Italian

Book Cover - Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

December 20, 2024 at 2:18 AM

Vijay

@vjs.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
I'm doing #fiction first.

Day 8

#BookSky💙📚 #BookishBsky #classics #audiobooks #GoodNarrator #TranslatedBooks #poetry

Audiobook cover. Beowulf, translated and read by Seamus Heaney.

December 18, 2024 at 3:06 AM

Over it!!

@overit26.bsky.social

Currently reading this stunning graphic novel by Deena Mohamed. 'Your Wish is My Command' aka 'Shubeik Lubeik'.

#GraphicNovel #BookSky #TranslatedBooks #Books #Art #Read

January 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Farah Ghuznavi

@farahghuznavi.bsky.social

Some interesting #books to add to the #tbrlist, folks!

#bookaholic #bookaddict #booklover #bookishworm #bookish #readingforpleasure #readingaddicted #readingiswinning #readers #readingcommunity #reader #reading #readerscommunity #translatedbooks #literarytranslation
#translatedliterature

The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Dec 2

Announcing the Translation Prizes 2024 shortlists
41 shortlisted books, eight prizes, 12 languages - over £30,000 awarded.
See the full shortlists here: authr.uk/TP24
Shop the shortlists - uk.bookshop.org/lists/transl...
#TranslationPrizes

Announcing the Translation Prizes 2024 shortlists - The Society of Authors

There are 41 shortlisted works across eight prizes

authr.uk

December 2, 2024 at 7:05 PM

Author Tiffany McDaniel

@tiffanymcdaniel.bsky.social

Part 5/5 Translators are such a critical part of a book's journey, and the idea that AI can or will replace them, should be troubling to us all.

#tiffanymcdaniel #booksky #translatedbooks #ai

June 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Nanda Roep | Author

@nandaroep.bsky.social

Did you know?
The Plaza Patatta series is available in English! 💙📚
📖 Dive into a fun, mysterious world.
#TranslatedBooks #PlazaPatatta #ReadAroundTheWorld

February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Vijay

@vjs.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
I'm doing #fiction first.

Day 6

#BookSky💙📚 #BookishBsky #audiobooks #TranslatedBooks #RussianLiterature

Book cover - Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Ivan Turgenev.

December 16, 2024 at 2:37 AM

West Cork Literary Festival

@wcorklitfest.bsky.social

#PerkOfTheJob. Recent book post. Can't wait to read all of these. #FestivalPlanning #AmReading #BookPost #WorksInTranslation #TranslatedBooks

Bundle of six books sitting on multicoloured cushions. The books are Angelo Tijssens, The Edges, translated by Michele Hutchison. Elisa Levi, That's All I Know, translated by Christina MacSweeney. Vivian Gornick, The Odd Woman and the City. Valentijn Hoogenkamp, Antiboy, translated by Michele Hutchison. Maria Turtschaninoff, Tangled Roots, translated by A.A. Prime. Michel Krielaars, The Sound of Utopia, translated by Jonathan Reeder.

February 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM

Lilian Nattel 🇨🇦✍️📚

@liliannattel.bsky.social

Women resisting and in so many ways. That's what struck me when doing the research for my Books by Women Around the World Project: Argentina. #booksky #translatedbooks https://liliannattel.substack.com/p/forms-of-resistance

Forms of Resistance

Argentina: Books by Women Around the World

liliannattel.substack.com

March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Game Master's Book Club

@gmbookclub.bsky.social

#storygraphchallenge #translatedbooks #classicbooks #booksky
Classic Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Anderson
Beowulf - Unknown
The tale of Genji - Murasaki Shikibu
The ARt of War - Sun Tzu
The Prince - Niccollo Machiavelli
Fairy Tales - Brothers Grimm

July 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM

Irene & Parker

@princelymonaco1297.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#translatedbooks
#philosophy
#charlottecasiraghi
#robertmaggiori

7/20

German translation: Archipel der Leidenschaften

Italian translation: Arcipelago Delle Passioni

Original: Archipel des Passions (book cover by Charlotte Casiraghi and Robert Maggiori)

November 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM

messy palette.bsky.social 🇨🇦

@messypalette.bsky.social

Currently reading "Small Boat" translated by Helen Stephenson from the original french "Naufrage" by Vincent Delecroix. It's very good so far! ⛵🛟📚 #translatedbooks #booksky

Book cover of "Small Boat" by Vincent Delecroix. Overhead view of a small zodiac-style inflatable boat is empty on a wide textured sea.

September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Salina Bear • Catholic Wild Woman

@salinabear.bsky.social

i find it difficult to read #translatedbooks, but that’s why i keep doing it.
i loved nearly every character, and was able to visualize clearly the settings in this book. as difficult as i found the writing style, the plot has plenty to chew on regarding relationships. book 3 of 2025.
#booksky

January 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM

ImeCorkery

@booksbyime.bsky.social

Finished two books & started a new one📚
#untethered #thedaggerandtheflame #books #translatedbooks #arc #arcbooks

January 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Reese

@itstreese.bsky.social

Fitting for frigid weather over these next couple days. #translatedbooks #booksky what are your favorite winter reads?!

January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Page Turners with Katja

@katjaweinert.bsky.social

In this week's video we look at unhelpful romance tropes and translated fiction - including a truly provocative one longlisted for the international booker.
#booksky #translatedfiction #internationalbooker #recommendedbooks #translatedbooks #recentlyread #booktube

youtu.be/nVSEFXEpcF8

Translated Fiction: The Beautiful, The Bold, and The Problematic

YouTube video by Page Turners with Katja

youtu.be

March 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM

Vijay

@vjs.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
I'm doing #fiction first.

Day 14

#BookSky💙📚 #BookishBsky #audiobooks #TranslatedBooks #Kannada #IndianAuthors #family