I do like your selection and the logic behind your decisions makes sense, mostly. But I wonder if I am the only viewer who is stunned by the fact that so few books are translations. Both the original NYT list and the readers reaction seem strangely confident that hardly anything worth mentioning was written in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Dutch. Could somebody please open the windows of the USA...
Sasa Stanisic is really well-known in Germany (also recipient of a prestigious book award). ' Where you come' is one of his works that has been translated into English I think :-)
Oh and if you like Asian translated fiction there is a ton nowadays that has been translated and gives really interesting insights into different cultures I think.
Life of Pi, Devil in the White City, Braiding Sweetgrass, and Man Called Ove were tragic oversights that I'm glad were remedied by the new list! The first list felt too American-social-issues-centric to be "The Best" books published, since most non-Americans wouldn't really relate to or care about many of them. The readers' list is much more well-rounded, imo. Piranesi is pronounced peer-ah-NAY-see.
Dear INTTAB, Irina Meeting well read people is a pleasure provided all sides are clear about their limitations and prejudices. I am fortunate to have lived and worked in various language zones and must confess that the USA media and academia landscape is perhaps not my main reference. The following books are, like the NYT list, all from 1Q-21stC. They deserve wider attention and I hope they are or will become available in English translations. I read them in the original language, with the exception of the last three which I read in German translation. Christoph Ransmayr - Cox, oder der Lauf der Zeit Robert Menasse - Die Hauptstadt Zsuzsa Bank - Der Schwimmer Michael Köhlmeier - Abendland Uwe Tellkamp - Der Turm Henri Le Tellier - L'anomalie Jean Echenoz - 14 Leila Slimani - Chanson douce Antonio Munoz Mollina - Como la sombra que se va Manuel Villas - Ordesa Tommy Wieringa - Joe Speedboat Annejet van der Zeyl - Sonny Boy Peter Terrin - De bewaker (The guard) Yves Petry - Virgin Marino Laszlo Krasnahorkai - Baron Wenckheim's homecoming Orhan Pamuk - Snow Orhan Pamuk - A strangeness in my mind I patiently wait to be proven wrong, or learn something new.
Thank you for sharing this list! I will try to add these to my reading list. I did read Orhan Pamuk's Snow last year and I loved it. I have A Strangeness in my Mind and My Name is Read on by TBR.
Thank you for doing this list and review. There are some books that I set aside that I will now give another read 📚
Me too!
What a glorious stack of books! So many great ones in here. I much preferred the reader's list than the original one.
Thank you! I'm excited to read all or most of the books on both lists.
we missed dickey deliverence. I read it decades ago and it is fresh
I do like your selection and the logic behind your decisions makes sense, mostly. But I wonder if I am the only viewer who is stunned by the fact that so few books are translations. Both the original NYT list and the readers reaction seem strangely confident that hardly anything worth mentioning was written in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Dutch. Could somebody please open the windows of the USA...
I think a lot of people agree with you on that. Can you recommend any titles that I can check out?
@@INeedToTalkAboutBooks-xn2sz I will respond in a new separate post
Sasa Stanisic is really well-known in Germany (also recipient of a prestigious book award). ' Where you come' is one of his works that has been translated into English I think :-)
Oh and if you like Asian translated fiction there is a ton nowadays that has been translated and gives really interesting insights into different cultures I think.
@vmpapillon8984 I put it on my wishlist, thank you!
Plenty there to keep you busy. Happy reading.
FYI: It's Gil--EE--ID
Thank you!
Life of Pi, Devil in the White City, Braiding Sweetgrass, and Man Called Ove were tragic oversights that I'm glad were remedied by the new list! The first list felt too American-social-issues-centric to be "The Best" books published, since most non-Americans wouldn't really relate to or care about many of them. The readers' list is much more well-rounded, imo.
Piranesi is pronounced peer-ah-NAY-see.
Thank you! Personally, I'm excited about both lists. There are so many new authors to explore.
@@INeedToTalkAboutBooks-xn2sz Definitely, they're both full of amazing literature!
I did not like life if pi
nothing by isabelle allende? anyone would do
I see The Flower Moon. Great book, but so sad what happened to the Native Americans. Watch the movie first.
I don't know if I can handle watching the movie after reading the book.
Dear INTTAB, Irina
Meeting well read people is a pleasure provided all sides are clear about their limitations and prejudices. I am fortunate to have lived and worked in various language zones and must confess that the USA media and academia landscape is perhaps not my main reference.
The following books are, like the NYT list, all from 1Q-21stC. They deserve wider attention and I hope they are or will become available in English translations. I read them in the original language, with the exception of the last three which I read in German translation.
Christoph Ransmayr - Cox, oder der Lauf der Zeit
Robert Menasse - Die Hauptstadt
Zsuzsa Bank - Der Schwimmer
Michael Köhlmeier - Abendland
Uwe Tellkamp - Der Turm
Henri Le Tellier - L'anomalie
Jean Echenoz - 14
Leila Slimani - Chanson douce
Antonio Munoz Mollina - Como la sombra que se va
Manuel Villas - Ordesa
Tommy Wieringa - Joe Speedboat
Annejet van der Zeyl - Sonny Boy
Peter Terrin - De bewaker (The guard)
Yves Petry - Virgin Marino
Laszlo Krasnahorkai - Baron Wenckheim's homecoming
Orhan Pamuk - Snow
Orhan Pamuk - A strangeness in my mind
I patiently wait to be proven wrong, or learn something new.
Thank you for sharing this list! I will try to add these to my reading list. I did read Orhan Pamuk's Snow last year and I loved it. I have A Strangeness in my Mind and My Name is Read on by TBR.