Here's the 2024 longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature

The longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature came out today.

Out of the over 150 submissions, these ten — representing seven different original languages — remain under consideration.

Finalists for all categories — the other four being poetry, young people's literature, fiction, and nonfiction — will be announced October 1, and the winners will be revealed November 20.

• The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom, written by Nasser Abu Srour and translated from Arabic by Luke Leafgren


• The Book Censor’s Library, written by Bothayna Al-Essa and translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain

• Ædnan, written by Linnea Axelsson and translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel

• On the Calculation of Volume (Book I), written by Solvej Balle and translated from Danish by Barbara J. Haveland


• Woodworm, written by Layla Martínez and translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott

• The Villain’s Dance, written by Fiston Mwanza Mujila and translated from French by Roland Glasser


• Pink Slime, written by Fernanda Trías and translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary

• The Abyss, written by Fernando Vallejo and translated from Spanish by Yvette Siegert


• Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King


• Where the Wind Calls Home, written by Samar Yazbek and translated from Arabic by Leri Price