Best Fiction in Translation of 2018

by Andrés Barba ; translated by Lisa Dillman

A gorgeous, fully realized collection in which each novella can be appreciated on its own as well as in concert with the... Full review >

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by Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Lisa Dillman & Daniel Hahn

In this follow-up to The Polish Boxer (2012) and Monastery (2014), Halfon constructs a kind of postmodern memorial to his... Full review >

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by Keigo Higashino ; translated by Giles Murray

Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashino’s hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with. Here’s hoping his... Full review >

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by Taeko Kono ; translated by Lucy North

Kono should be an electrifying discovery for English-speaking lovers of short fiction. Full review >

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by Shahriar Mandanipour ; translated by Sara Khalili

A remarkable vision of the elusiveness of redemption and love. Full review >

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by Haruki Murakami ; translated by Philip Gabriel & Ted Goossen

Altogether bizarre—and pleasingly beguiling, if demanding. Not the book for readers new to Murakami but likely to satisfy... Full review >

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by Gunnhild Øyehaug ; translated by Kari Dickson

If it isn’t precisely perfect, it’s awfully damn close. Full review >

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by Domenico Starnone ; translated by Jhumpa Lahiri

A gorgeous account of a man’s struggle to reckon with the life he’s lived and the lives he hasn’t. Full review >

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by Dubravka Ugresic ; translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac & David Williams

Brilliant and laugh-out-loud funny. Full review >

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by Yan Lianke ; translated by Carlos Rojas

As dreamscape realized, however horrible, Yan’s novel belongs in the company of Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo and even James... Full review >

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