National Book Award for Translated Literature 2021

10 books on the longlist. The winner and the finalists come first.

• Winter in Sokcho Elisa Shua Dusapin

  

  Winter in Sokcho

  Elisa Shua Dusapin

  Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins

  Winner
• Peach Blossom Paradise Ge Fei

  

  Peach Blossom Paradise

  Ge Fei

  Translated by Canaan Morse

  Finalist
• Planet of Clay Samar Yazbek

  

  Planet of Clay

  Samar Yazbek

  Translated by Leri Price

  Finalist
• The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández

  

  The Twilight Zone

  Nona Fernández

  Translated by Natasha Wimmer

  Finalist
• When We Cease to Understand the World Benjamín Labatut

  

  When We Cease to Understand the World

  Benjamín Labatut

  Translated by Adrian Nathan West

  Finalist
• An Inventory of Losses Judith Schalansky

  

  An Inventory of Losses

  Judith Schalansky

  Translated by Jackie Smith
• In Memory of Memory Maria Stepanova

  

  In Memory of Memory

  Maria Stepanova

  Translated by Sasha Dugdale
• On the Origin of Species and Other Stories Bo-young Kim

  

  On the Origin of Species and Other Stories

  Bo-young Kim

  Translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort and Sora Kim-Russell
• Rabbit Island Elvira Navarro

  

  Rabbit Island

  Elvira Navarro

  Translated by Christina MacSweeney
• Waiting for the Waters to Rise Maryse Condé

  

  Waiting for the Waters to Rise

  Maryse Condé

  Translated by Richard Philcox