Books about translation

Books that center translation and linguistics as plot points.

Updated May 6, 2024
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Girl in ice.
Ferencik, Erica
New York Times Editors' Choice * Los Angeles Times Best Crime Novels of Winter 2022 * Reader's Digest Best Fiction Books of 2022 From the author of The River at Night and Into the Jungle comes a harrowing new thriller set in the unforgiving...
Intimacies.
Kitamura, Katie M.
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE 2021 READS AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FROM Washington Post, Vogue, Time, Oprah Daily,...
Babel.
Kuang, R. F.
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War   "Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial...
Translation state.
Leckie, Ann
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can...
Centre : A Novel.
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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Editors' Choice * An Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense "The most fascinating debut I've read in years--enigmatic, biting, absurd, and right when you...
The rise and fall of D.O.D.O.
Stephenson, Neal
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist! B&N Editor's Pick - Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017  From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future...

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