International YA Translated into English
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One of my reading goals this year is to read more novels from other countries translated into English. I have only know of a few, and have read even less; The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff (translated from Swedish by Annie Prime), The Ruby Red Trilogy by Kerstin Gier (translated from German by Anthea Bell), The Prince of Mist by Carlos Carlos Ruiz Zafón (translated from Spanish by Lucia Graves), and No Heroes by Anna Seidl (translated from German by Siobhán Parkinson), so it's something I want to do better with.
However, I didn't really know of many, so I reached out to the YA community for recommendations, and I was absolutely inundated! There were so many awesome sounding books recommended to me not to share with you all. So if you want to broaden your reading horizons and branch out into some YA in translations, 25 YA novels in translation to your TBR.
However, I didn't really know of many, so I reached out to the YA community for recommendations, and I was absolutely inundated! There were so many awesome sounding books recommended to me not to share with you all. So if you want to broaden your reading horizons and branch out into some YA in translations, 25 YA novels in translation to your TBR.
No Heroes by Anna Seidl (reading copy) - An ordinary schoolgirl with a carefree bunch of friends, Miriam's just embarked on her first relationship with her loving boyfriend Toby. She lives with her dad and she has a good relationship with her grandparents. All this ordinary happiness is shattered when one of Miriam’s schoolmates goes berserk one day at school with a handgun and kills several pupils and teachers. Toby is shot right in front of her. Shock, grief, bereavement, terror—Miriam and her friends run the gamut of emotions in the days, weeks and months following the shooting. But the worst emotion of all is guilt. "Is it our fault?" is the haunting question that tortures Miriam as she tries to piece her life together again. From Goodreads.
