100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900

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Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn's list of the best novels, in translation, since 1900.

This list was originally published in 2014 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.

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Cover of 'The Master and Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Cover of 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Cover of 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

Cover of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Cover of 'The Man Without Qualities' by Robert Musil

The Man Without Qualities

Cover of 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Cover of 'The Magic Mountain' by Thomas Mann

The Magic Mountain

Cover of 'Memoirs of Hadrian' by Marguerite Yourcenar

Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar

Cover of 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Cover of 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Cover of 'Journey to the End of The Night' by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Journey to the End of The Night

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Cover of 'A Book Of Memories' by Péter Nádas

A Book Of Memories

Cover of 'History' by Elsa Morante

History

Cover of 'How It Is' by Samuel Beckett

How It Is

Cover of 'Death of Virgil' by Hermann Broch

Death of Virgil

Cover of 'The Conformist' by Alberto Moravia

The Conformist

Alberto Moravia

Cover of 'My Name is Red' by Orhan Pamuk

My Name is Red

Cover of 'The Lover' by Marguerite Duras

The Lover

Marguerite Duras

Cover of 'Confessions of Zeno' by Italo Svevo

Confessions of Zeno

Cover of 'The Savage Detectives' by Roberto Bolaño

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño

Cover of 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Cover of 'Nausea' by Jean Paul Sartre

Nausea

Jean Paul Sartre

Cover of 'The President' by Miguel Angel Asturias

The President

Miguel Angel Asturias

Cover of 'All Our Yesterdays' by Natalia Ginzburg

All Our Yesterdays

Natalia Ginzburg

Cover of 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

Cover of 'The Erasers' by Alain Robbe-Grillet

The Erasers

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Cover of 'The Sea of Fertility' by Yukio Mishima

The Sea of Fertility

Cover of 'The Feast of the Goat' by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Feast of the Goat

Mario Vargas Llosa

Cover of 'Despair' by Vladimir Nabokov

Despair

Vladimir Nabokov

Cover of 'The Gospel According To Jesus Christ' by José Saramago

The Gospel According To Jesus Christ

Cover of 'Fateless or Fatelessness' by Imre Kertész

Fateless or Fatelessness

Cover of 'Children of Gebelawi' by Naguib Mahfouz

Children of Gebelawi

Cover of 'Snow Country' by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

Cover of 'Beware Of Pity' by Stefan Zweig

Beware Of Pity

Cover of 'The Joke' by Milan Kundera

The Joke

Cover of 'Growth of the Soil' by Knut Hamsun

Growth of the Soil

Cover of 'The Land Of Green Plums' by Herta Müller

The Land Of Green Plums

Cover of 'The Thief's Journal' by Jean Genet

The Thief's Journal

Cover of 'Summer in Baden-Baden' by Leonid Tsypkin

Summer in Baden-Baden

Cover of 'The Piano Teacher' by Elfriede Jelinek

The Piano Teacher

Elfriede Jelinek

Cover of 'The Mandarins' by Simone de Beauvoir

The Mandarins

Simone de Beauvoir

Cover of 'The Counterfeiters' by André Gide

The Counterfeiters

Cover of 'Sidetracked' by Henning Mankell

Sidetracked

Henning Mankell

Cover of 'Portrait Of A Man Unknown' by Nathalie Sarraute

Portrait Of A Man Unknown

Nathalie Sarraute

Cover of 'The Devil to Pay in the Backlands' by Joao Guimaraes Rosa

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

Joao Guimaraes Rosa

Cover of 'Man's Fate' by Andre Malraux

Man's Fate

Cover of 'Journey by Moonlight' by Antal Szerb

Journey by Moonlight

Cover of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' by Alfred Döblin

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Cover of 'Bonjour Tristesse' by Francoise Sagan

Bonjour Tristesse

Francoise Sagan

Cover of 'The Passion According to G.H.' by Clarice Lispector

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector

Cover of 'Life, a User's Manual' by Georges Perec

Life, a User's Manual

Cover of 'Story of O' by Pauline Reage

Story of O

Cover of 'Nadja' by André Breton

Nadja

Cover of 'This Life' by Karel Schoeman

This Life

Cover of 'Yo Yo Boing!' by Giannina Braschi

Yo Yo Boing!

Giannina Braschi

Cover of 'The Moon and the Bonfires' by Cesare Pavese

The Moon and the Bonfires

Cover of 'The Tartar Steppe' by Dino Buzzati

The Tartar Steppe

Cover of 'The Kingdom of This World' by Alejo Carpentier

The Kingdom of This World

Alejo Carpentier

Cover of 'Terra Nostra' by Carlos Fuentes

Terra Nostra

Cover of 'Red Lights' by Georges Simenon

Red Lights

Georges Simenon

Cover of 'The Dwarf' by Par Lagerkvist

The Dwarf

Cover of 'Zorba the Greek' by Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

Cover of 'Ferdydurke' by Witold Gombrowicz

Ferdydurke

Witold Gombrowicz

Cover of 'Steppenwolf' by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf

Cover of 'Call to Arms' by Lu Xun

Call to Arms

Cover of 'A Heart So White' by Javier Marias

A Heart So White

Cover of 'Three Trapped Tigers' by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Three Trapped Tigers

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Cover of 'Happy Moscow' by Andrey Platonov

Happy Moscow

Andrey Platonov

Cover of 'Pedro Páramo' by Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo

Cover of 'Century Of Locusts' by Malika Mokedden

Century Of Locusts

Malika Mokedden

Cover of 'The Blind Owl' by Ṣādiq Hidāyat

The Blind Owl

Ṣādiq Hidāyat

Cover of 'Solaris' by Stanislaw Lem

Solaris

Cover of 'No Longer Human' by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Cover of 'La Grande Maison' by Mohammed Dib

La Grande Maison

Cover of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Cover of 'Hotel Splendid' by Marie Redonnet

Hotel Splendid

Cover of 'A Dark Night's Passing' by Naoya Shiga

A Dark Night's Passing

Cover of 'The Seventh Cross' by Anna Seghers

The Seventh Cross

Cover of 'The Conspiracy' by Paul Nizan

The Conspiracy

Cover of 'Memed, My Hawk' by Yashar Kemal

Memed, My Hawk

Cover of 'Boys Alive' by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Boys Alive

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cover of 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Cover of 'Stolen Spring' by Hans Scherfig

Stolen Spring

Cover of 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge' by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Rainer Maria Rilke

Cover of 'Jacob the Liar' by Jurek Becker

Jacob the Liar

Cover of 'The Rings of Saturn' by W. G. Sebald

The Rings of Saturn

Cover of 'Black Rain' by Masuji Ibuse

Black Rain

Cover of 'The Open Door' by Latifa Zayyat

The Open Door

Cover of 'Death And The Penguin' by Andrey Kurkov

Death And The Penguin

Cover of 'Tamas' by Bhisham Sahni

Tamas

Cover of 'The Discovery of Heaven' by Harry Mulisch

The Discovery of Heaven

Cover of 'The Time Of The Doves' by Merce Rodoreda

The Time Of The Doves

Cover of 'Dita Saxova' by Arnost Lustig

Dita Saxova

Cover of 'Embers' by Sandor Marai

Embers

Cover of 'The Good Hope' by William Heinesen

The Good Hope

William Heinesen

Cover of 'The Emigrants' by Vilhelm Moberg

The Emigrants

Cover of 'The Swallows Of Kabul' by Yasmina Khadra

The Swallows Of Kabul

Cover of 'God's Bits of Wood' by Ousmane Sembène

God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane Sembène

Cover of 'The Leopard' by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Cover of 'Homo Faber' by Max Frisch

Homo Faber