National Book Award for Translated Literature 2026

The longlist includes the books that went on to the shortlist.

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  Centroeuropa

  Vicente Luis Mora

  tr. Rahul Bery
• Eden at Dawn Karim Kattan

  Eden at Dawn

  Karim Kattan

  tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman
• My Dreadful Body Egana Djabbarova

  My Dreadful Body

  Egana Djabbarova

  tr. Lisa C. Hayden
• Night of a Thousand Hells Intan Paramaditha

  Night of a Thousand Hells

  Intan Paramaditha

  tr. Stephen Epstein, Tiffany Tsao
• Now I Surrender Álvaro Enrigue

  Now I Surrender

  Álvaro Enrigue

  tr. Natasha Wimmer
• Pure Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

  Pure Men

  Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

  tr. Lara Vergnaud
• The Disappearing Act Maria Stepanova

  The Disappearing Act

  Maria Stepanova

  tr. Sasha Dugdale
• The School of Night Karl Ove Knausgaard

  The School of Night

  Karl Ove Knausgaard

  tr. Martin Aitken
• To the East of the East Ping Lu

  To the East of the East

  Ping Lu

  tr. Jeremy Tiang
• Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life Samar Yazbek

  Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life

  Samar Yazbek

  tr. Leri Price