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June 11, 2021 - This year’s Read for Change book is Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Did you know that this book was originally published in Swedish? There are many other best-selling, award-winning books that you may not know were initially published in a language other than English. Here is a list of my personal favorites:

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated from German by A.W. Wheen.

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, translated from Japanese by Yuji Oniki.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, translated from German by Anthea Bell.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, translated from French by the author.

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, translated from Dutch by B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland.

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, translated from Spanish by Magda Bogin.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo, translated from Japanese by Cathy Hirano.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated from French by Richard Howard.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, translated from German by Michael Hofmann.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated from Chinese by Ken Liu.

Stop by the Library and pick up your copy of Beartown starting June 21st! Supplies are limited.

Ellen Miles, Programming & Outreach Coordinator

June 11, 2021