Best Fiction in Translation of 2015

by Valeria Luiselli ; translated by Christina MacSweeney

A clever philosophical novel that, as the author puts it, has “less to do with lying than surpassing the truth.” Full review >

by Karl Ove Knausgaard ; translated by Don Bartlett

An entertaining portrait of the artist as a young lout. Full review >

by Orhan Pamuk ; translated by Ekin Oklap

Rich, complex, and pulsing with urban life: one of this gifted writer’s best. Full review >

by Clarice Lispector ; translated by Katrina Dodson ; edited by Benjamin Moser

Essential and sure to turn up soon on reading lists in courses in women’s studies and Jewish diaspora literature as well as... Full review >

by Per Petterson ; translated by Don Bartlett

Without pyrotechnics, Petterson brings his characters and working-class Norway vividly, even passionately, to life; days... Full review >

by Elena Ferrante ; translated by Ann Goldstein

The enigmatic Ferrante, whose identity remains the subject of international literary gossip, has created a mythic portrait... Full review >

by Eka Kurniawan ; translated by Annie Tucker

Huge ambition, abundantly realized. Full review >

by Cixin Liu ; translated by Joel Martinsen

Once again, a highly impressive must-read. Full review >

by Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated by Polly Gannon

Indeed, the greatest tragedy of Ulitskaya’s story is that it comes to an end. Worthy of shelving alongside Doctor Zhivago:... Full review >