Eligibility Data: 2024

Translated speculative fiction books from 2024

Last modified 2025-09-22

The Translated Hugo Initiative Working Group

Eligibility Data: 2024

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Title Author Translator Publisher Original Language Format
A Magical Girl Retires Park Seolyeon Anton Hur Harper Via Korean novel
A Past Unearthed Jin Yong Gigi Chang Quercus Chinese novel
A Sunny Place for Shady People Mariana Enriquez Megan McDowell Hogarth Spanish collection
A Surprisingly Happy Engagement for the Slime Duke and the Fallen Noble Lady 1 Mashimesa Emoto Minna Lin J-Novel Heart Japanese light novel
A View from the Stars Cixin Liu Andy Dudak, Adam Lanphier, Jesse Field, S. Qiouyi Lu, Elizabeth Hanlon, Henry Zhang, Emily Xueni Jin Tor Books Chinese collection
Ayakashi and the Fairy Tales We Tell Ourselves Kosuzu Kobato Dawson Chen Cross Infinite World Japanese light novel
Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi Geoffrey Trousselot Hanover Square Press Japanese novel
Beggar's Bedlam Nabarun Bhattacharya Rijula Das Seagull Books Bengali novel
Berlin Atomized Julia Kornberg Jack Rockwell Astra House Spanish novel
Black Orb Kim Ewhan Sean Lin Hilbert Serpent's Tail Korean novel
Blood of the Old Kings Kim Sung-il Anton Hur Tor Books Korean novel
Blue Lard Vladimir Sorokin Max Lawton NYRB Classics Russian novel
But Not Too Bold Hache Pueyo Hache Pueyo Tordotcom Portugese novella
Chevengur Andrey Platonov Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler NYRB Classics Russian novel
Chronicles of a Village Nguyễn Thanh Hiện Quyen Nguyen-Hoang Yale Vietnamese novel
Continuum Edited by Annabelle Dolidon with Tessa Sermet multiple Ooligan Press French anthology
Crossroads of Ravens Andrzej Sapkowski David French Gollancz/Orbit Polish novel
Echoes of the Other Worlds Michał Cholewa Emilia Skirmuntt, Dominika Imisson, & Artur Nawrot Warbook Polish collection
Eclipse Keiichiro Hirano Brent de Chene and Charles De Wolf Columbia University Press Japanese Novel
Egypt + 100 Edited by Ahmed Naji Multiple Comma Press Arabic anthology
Eight Dogs, or "Hakkenden": His Master's Blade Bakin Takizawa Glynne Walley Cornell East Asia Series Japanese novel
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland Haruki Murakami Jay Rubin Everyman's Library Japanese novel
Festival & Game of the Worlds César Aira Katherine Silver New Directions Spanish collection
Grocery List Bora Chung Anton Hur Hanuman Editions Korean novella
Ixelles Johannes Anyuru Nichola Smalley Two Lines Press Swedish novel
Jumpnauts Hao Jingfang Ken Liu S&S/Saga Press Chinese novel
Kree Manuela Draeger Lia Swope Mitchell U of Minnesota Press French novel
Last Date in El Zapotal Mateo García Elizondo Robin Myers Charco Press Spanish novel
Living Things Munir Hachemi Julia Sanches Coach House Spanish novel
Lullaby Cécile Guillot Delphine Roy Trepidatio Publishing French novel
Mevlido's Dreams Antoine Volodine Gina M. Stamm U of Minnesota Press French novel
My Documents Alejandro Zambra Megan McDowell Penguin Spanish collection
Napalm in the Heart Pol Guasch Mara Faye Lethem Faber and Faber Catalan novel
Newton's Brain Jakub Arbes David Short Jantar Publishing Czech novel
No Place to Bury the Dead Karina Sainz Borgo Elizabeth Bryer HarperVia Spanish novel
No/Mad/Land Francesco Verso Sally McCorry Flame Tree Publishing Italian novel
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) Solvej Balle Barbara J. Haveland New Directions Danish novel
On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) Solvej Balle Barbara J. Haveland New Directions Danish novel
On the Threshold Dusan Mitana Magdalena Mullek Seagull Books Slovak? collection
One Hundred Shadows Hwang Jungeun Jung Yewon Erewhon Korean novel (novella)
Oracle Thomas Olde Heuvelt Moshe Gilula Tor Nightfire Dutch novel
Pink Slime Fernanda Trías Heather Cleary Scribner Spanish novel
Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024 Xueting C. Ni, ed. Xueting Ch. Ni Solaris Chinese anthology
Suggested in the Stars Yoko Tawada Margaret Mitsutani New Directions Japanese novel
Swan Knight Fumio Takano Sharni Wilson Luna Press Publishing Japanese novel
Table for One Yun Ko-eun Lizzie Buehler Columbia University Press Korean collection
Takaoka's Travels Tatsuhiko Shibusawa David Boyd Monkey Japanese novel
Tchanaze (Beauty and the Beads) Carlos Paradona Rufino Roque Jethro Soutar, Sandra Tamele Daedalus Books Portugese novel
Ten Juan Emar Megan McDowell New Directions Spanish collection
Termush Sven Holm Sylvia Clayton FSG Danish novel
The Book Censor's Library Bothayna Al-Essa Ranya Abdelrahman, Sawad Hussain Restless Books Arabic novel
The Book of Perilous Dishes Doina Ruști James Christian Brown Neem Tree Press Romanian novel
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel Knopf Japanese novel
The Court of Miracles Victor Dixen Francoise Bui Amazon Crossing French novel
The Dallergut Dream Department Store Miye Lee Sandy Joosun Lee Hanover Square Press Korean novel
The Emposium Olga Tokarczuk Antonia Lloyd-Jones Riverhead Polish novel
The Factory Ihor Mysiak Yevheniia Dubrova, Hanna Leliv Atthis Arts Ukrainian novel
The Fifth Dimension Martin Vopěnka Hana Sklenkova Barbican Czech novel
The Full Moon Coffee Shop Mai Mochizuki Jesse Kirkwood Ballantine Japanese novel
The God of Nishi-Yuigahama Station Takeshi Murase Giuseppe Di Martino Yen On Japanese novel
The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction ed. Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay MIT Press Bengali anthology
The Keys of Time Luísa Villalta Kathleen March Left Bank Books French novel
The Lantern of Lost Memories Sanaka Hiiragi Jesse Kirkwood Grand Central Publishing Japanese novel
The Last Day Owain Owain Emyr Wallace Humphreys Parthian Books Welsh novel
The Mark Fríða Ísberg Larissa Kyzer Text Publishing Icelandic novel
The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre Cho Yeeun Yewon Jung Honford Star Korean novel
The Night Guest Hildur Knútsdóttir Mary Robinette Kowal Tor Nightfire Icelandic novel
The Novices of Lerna Ángel Bonomini Jordan Landsman Transit Books Spanish collection
The Obscene Bird of Night José Donoso Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin and Leonard Mades New Directions Spanish novel
The Proposal Bae Myung-hoon Stella Kim Honford Star Korean novel
The Return of the Dwarves (Book 2) Markus Heitz Sheelagh Alabaster Arcadia Books German novel
The Science of the Stars Gustáv Reuss David Short Jantar Publishing Slovak novel
The Singularity Dino Buzzati Anne Milano Appel NYRB Italian novel
The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan Noboru Wada William Scott Wilson Tuttle Japanese collection
The Third Love Hiromi Kawakami Ted Goossen Granta Books Japanese novel
The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgaard Martin Aitken Penguin Norwegian novel
The Third Temple Yishai Sarid Yardenne Greenspan Restless Books Hebrew novel
The Trial of Anna Thalberg Eduardo Sangarcía Elizabeth Bryer Restless Books Spanish novel
Thirst Marina Yuszczuk Heather Cleary Dutton Spanish novel
Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories ed. Sarah Coolidge various Two Lines Press Spanish anthology
Under the Eye of the Big Bird Hiromi Kawakami Asa Yoneda Soft Skull Press Japanese novel
Under the Neomoon Wolfgang Hilbig Isabel Fargo Cole Two Lines Press German collection
Vacated Landscape Jean Lahougue K.E. Gormley Wakefield Press French novel
Wafers Ha Seong-nan Janet Hong Open Letter Korean collection
Waiting for the Fear Oğuz Atay Ralph Hubbell NYRB Classics Turkish collection
Way Far Away Evelio Rosero Anne McLean and Victor Meadowcroft New Directions Spanish novella
Woodworm Layla Martinez Sophie Hughes, Annie McDermott Two Lines Press Spanish novel
Worlds Built to Fall Apart: Versions of Philip K. Dick David Lapoujade Erik Beranek University of Minnesota Press French non-fiction
You Glow in the Dark Liliana Colanzi Chris Andrews New Directions Spanish collection
Your Utopia Bora Chung Anton Hur Algonquin Books Korean collection