Best Fiction in Translation of 2020

by Carlos Manuel Álvarez ; translated by Frank Wynne

Álvarez has written an unnervingly subtle and effective exploration of the cost of blind idealism on families. Full review >

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by Elena Ferrante ; translated by Ann Goldstein

A girl, a city, an inhospitable society: Ferrante’s formula works again! Full review >

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by Maria Dahvana Headley

Some purists may object to the small liberties Headley has taken with the text, but her version is altogether brilliant. Full review >

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by Marie NDiaye ; translated by Jordan Stump

Part ghost story, part satiric horror, this gorgeously eerie book will keep you holding your breath even past the end. Full review >

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by Camilla Läckberg ; translated by Neil Smith

A deliciously inventive thriller brimming with sex, secrets, and scandal. Full review >

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by Stefano Massini ; translated by Richard Dixon

A vivid account of one remarkable family’s role in shaping modern America. Full review >

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by Ho Sok Fong ; translated by Natascha Bruce

Straddling the surreal and the pointedly political, Ho reveals herself to be a writer of immense talent and range. Full review >

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by Jo Nesbø ; translated by Robert Ferguson

The illusions of a family and its close-knit town constructed and demolished on a truly epic scale. Full review >

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by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld ; translated by Michele Hutchison

Rijneveld’s extraordinary narrator describes a small world of pain which is hard to look at and harder to ignore. Full review >

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by Szczepan Twardoch ; translated by Sean Gasper Bye

A wickedly enthralling novel by one of Poland's emerging literary stars. Full review >

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by Juan Pablo Villalobos ; translated by Daniel Hahn

Pitch-perfect from start to finish. Full review >

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