2019 National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature

We are so excited to share the translated literature longlist for the National Book Awards with you. The longlists for other categories can be found on the National Book Foundation website

The National Book Award Finalists will be announced on October 8, and the Winners announced on November 20!

When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book By Naja Marie Aidt, Denise Newman (Translator) Cover Image
By Naja Marie Aidt, Denise Newman (Translator)
$22.95
ISBN: 9781566895606
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Published: Coffee House Press - September 3rd, 2019

The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections By Eliane Brum, Diane Grosklaus Whitty (Translated by) Cover Image
By Eliane Brum, Diane Grosklaus Whitty (Translated by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450055
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 15th, 2019

Space Invaders: A Novel By Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by) Cover Image
By Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by)
$14.00
ISBN: 9781644450079
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Published: Graywolf Press - November 5th, 2019

Will and Testament: A Novel By Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translated by) Cover Image
By Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781788733106
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Published: Verso Fiction - September 10th, 2019

Death Is Hard Work: A Novel By Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price (Translated by) Cover Image
By Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price (Translated by)
$25.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9780374135737
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - February 12th, 2019

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming By László Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet (Translated by) Cover Image
$29.95
Not Available
ISBN: 9780811226646
Published: New Directions - September 24th, 2019

The Barefoot Woman By Scholastique Mukasonga, Jordan Stump (Translated by) Cover Image
By Scholastique Mukasonga, Jordan Stump (Translated by)
$16.00
Not Available
ISBN: 9781939810045
Published: Archipelago - December 18th, 2018

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The Memory Police: A Novel By Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translated by)
$25.95
Not Available
ISBN: 9781101870600
Published: Pantheon - August 13th, 2019

Crossing: A Novel By Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (Translated by) Cover Image
By Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (Translated by)
$25.95
Not Available
ISBN: 9781524747497
Published: Pantheon - April 2nd, 2019

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by) Cover Image
By Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525541332
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019