It’s always a wonderful sight, the twenty-five-book longlist of the Best Translated Book Award! Without any further ado, here they are!

The Wind That Lays Waste
by Selva Almada 
translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews
Graywolf
Argentina
purchase from Amazon

The Book of Collateral Damage
by Sinan Antoon
translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
Yale University Press
Iraq
purchase from Amazon

Welcome to America
by Linda Boström-Knausgård
translated for the Swedish by Martin Aitken
World Editions
Sweden
purchase from Amazon

Animalia
by Jean-Baptiste del Amo
translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Grove
France
purchase from Amazon

Vernon Subutext 1
by Virginie Despentes
translated from the French by Frank Wynne
FSG
France
purchase from Amazon

A Girl Returned
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio
translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
Europa Editions
Italy
purchase from Amazon

EEG
by Daša Drndic
translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth
New Directions
Croatia
purchase from Amazon

Space Invaders
by Nona Fernández
translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer
Graywolf
Chile
purchase from Amazon

Stalingrad
by Vasily Grossman
translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler
New York Review Books
Russia
purchase from Amazon

Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz
translated from the Spanish by Sara Moses
Charco Press
Argentina
purchase from Amazon

Will and Testament
by Vigdis Hjorth
translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund
Verso
Norway
purchase from Amazon

Good Will Come from the Sea
by Christos Ikonomou
translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich
Archipelago
Greece
purchase from Amazon

Tentacle
by Rita Indiana
translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas
And Other Stories
Dominican Republic
purchase from Amazon

China Dream
by Ma Jian
translated from the Chinese by Flora Drew
Counterpoint
China
purchase from Amazon

Parade
by Hiromi Kawakami
translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
Soft Skull
Japan
purchase from Amazon

Death Is Hard Work
by Khaled Khalifa
translated from the Arabic by Leri Price
FSG
Syria
purchase from Amazon

The Boy
by Marcus Malte
translated from the French by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge
Restless Books
France
purchase from Amazon

The Cheffe: A Cook’s Novel
by Marie NDiaye
translated from the French by Jordon Stump
Knopf
France
purchase from Amazon

Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder
Pantheon
Japan
purchase from Amazon

A Dream Come True
by Juan Carlos Onetti
translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
Archipelago Books
Uruguay
purchase from Amazon

77
by Guillermo Saccomanno
translated from the Spanish by Andrea Labinger
Open Letter Books
Argentina
purchase from Amazon

Beyond Babylon
by Igiaba Scego
translated from the Italian by Aaron Robertson
Two Lines Press
Italy
purchase from Amazon

Labyrinth
by Burhan Sönmez
translated from the Turkish by Umit Hussein
Other Press
Turkey
purchase from Amazon

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
translated from the Polish by Antoina Lloyd-Jones
Riverhead
Poland
purchase from Amazon

Territory of Light
by Yukio Tsushima
translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt
FSG
Japan
purchase from Amazon

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