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Most books in the international bestseller lists have originally been written in English. Have you ever wondered whether there are more exiting, refreshing and interesting books out there in the world, that you have maybe never heard about?
This list is created to collect book recommendations for the fantasy genre (in all its shades: urban fantasy, dystopia, YA etc.). And the main criteria for a book posted here would be that its original language be anything other than English.

So far I have only added books that have been translated into any other language. When I could find an English title, I added it, but lots of books have mainly been translated into other languages, so please click on the book to find out whether there is a translation available in your language, or any other language you can read.
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Astrid 848 books
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Aurora 129 books
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Frank 170 books
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Ben 362 books
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Allison 242 books
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Akwilla 1173 books
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Marissa 15 books
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Loreley 4492 books
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Comments Showing 1-4 of 4 (4 new)

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message 1: by Astrid (new)

Astrid Thank you for helping me expand this list!


message 2: by Mina (new)

Mina Hey, for new ideas, specifically for books originally in French, you can check out

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Thank you for a great list.


message 3: by Astrid (new)

Astrid Oh wow, looks like there is still a lot to discover. Merci beaucoup!



Mina wrote: "Hey, for new ideas, specifically for books originally in French, you can check out

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Thank you for a great list."



message 4: by Luis (new)

Luis Yrisson Hola a tod@s! L@s invito a leer mi libro y a votarlo para incluirlo en la lista. Es una novela post-apocalíptica situada en el México del siglo XXIII.

Hello everyone. I invite you to read my book and to include it in the list. It is a post-apocalyptic novel set in XXIII century Mexico.

Las Ruinas en el Lago


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