2025 Longlist for National Book Award—Translated Literature

Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) Translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell New Directions Publishing

Jazmina Barrera, The Queen of Swords Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney Two Lines Press

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, We Are Green and Trembling Translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers New Directions Publishing

Anjet Daanje, The Remembered Soldier Translated from the Dutch by David McKay New Vessel Press

Saou Ichikawa, Hunchback Translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton Hogarth / Penguin Random House

Hamid Ismailov, We Computers: A Ghazal Novel Translated from the Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega Yale University Press

Han Kang, We Do Not Part Translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris Hogarth / Penguin Random House

Mohamed Kheir, Sleep Phase Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger Two Lines Press

Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes New York Review Books

Neige Sinno, Sad Tiger Translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer Seven Stories Press