Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week, we’ve got a freebie, so I’ve decided to highlight a type of book I’m trying to read more lately…literature in translation. Someone living in China, writing in Chinese (or any other native speaker living in their native country), has a perspective that might be different from but no less valid than someone who grew up outside of China, or whose family had the resources and inclination to ensure they learned to communicate in English. So here are ten books written by native speakers of other languages, translated into English, that I can’t wait to read!

Woman at Point Zero (Arabic)

The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian)

Ladivine (French)

The Tin Drum (German)

The Door (Hungarian)

The Leopard (Italian)

Confessions of a Mask (Japanese)

Kristin Lavransdatter (Norwegian)

Captains of the Sands (Portuguese)

Secondhand Time (Russian)