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A classic in translation
Any book first published in a language that is not your primary language. You may read it in translation or in its original language, if you prefer. 

 
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Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

121 pages • first pub 1958 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Outsider by Albert Camus

The Outsider

Albert Camus

119 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

88 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Assault by Harry Mulisch

The Assault

Harry Mulisch

185 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon

The Strangled Queen

The Accursed Kings #2

Maurice Druon

280 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous informative tense slow-paced
The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
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Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso

La Divina Commedia #1-3

Dante Alighieri

188 pages • first pub 1320 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

165 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism reflective slow-paced
Indiana by George Sand

Indiana

George Sand

278 pages • first pub 1832 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley

Beowulf: A New Translation

Maria Dahvana Headley

4 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 900 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced
Caught in the Storm by Seydou Badian

Caught in the Storm

Seydou Badian

115 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction challenging informative medium-paced