Eligibility Data: 2025

Translated speculative fiction books from 2025

Last modified 2025-09-22

The Translated Hugo Initiative Working Group

Eligibility Data: 2025

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Title Author Translator Publisher Original Language Format
A Carnival of Atrocities Natalia García Freire Victor Meadowcroft World Editions Spanish novel
A Thousand Blues Cheon Seon-ran Chi-Young Kim Doubleday Korean novel
Adam and Eve in Paradise José Maria de Eça de Queirós Margaret Jull Costa New Directions Portuguese novel
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada Margaret Mitsutani New Directions Japanese novel
Beasts Ingvild Bjerkeland Rosie Hedger Levine Querado Norwegian novel
Black Hole Heart and Other Stories K. A. Teryna Alex Shvartsman Fairwood Press Russian collection
Blood for the Undying Throne (#2) Sung-il Kim Anton Hur Tor Books Korean novel
But Not Too Bold Hache Pueyo Hache Pueyo Tordotcom Portuguese novella
Castigation Sultan Raev Shelley Fairweather-Vega Syracuse UP Kyrgyz novel
ChloroPhilia Cristina Jurado Sue Burke Apex Spanish novella
Crossroads of Ravens Andrzej Sapkowski David French Gollancz / Orbit Polish novel
Darker Days Thomas Olde Heuvelt ? Harper Dutch novel
Dead Souls (#3) Han Song Michael Berry AmazonCrossing Chinese novel
Dealing With The Dead Alain Mabanckou Helen Stevenson Serpent's Tail/New Press French novel
Dengue Boy Michel Nieva Rahul Berry Astra Spanish novel
Dinner at the Night Library Hika Harada Philip Gabriel Hanover Square Press Japanese novel
From Another World Evelina Santangelo Ruth Clarke Granta Books Italian novel
Good and Evil and Other Stories Samanta Schweblin Megan McDowell Knopf Spanish collection
Horsefly Mireille Gagné Pablo Strauss Coach House French novel
Hunter Shuang Xuetao Jeremy Tiang Granta Magazine Editions Chinese collection
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà Mara Faye Lethem Graywolf Spanish novel
Into the Sun C. F. Ramuz Olivia Baes, Emma Ramadan New Directions French novel
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon Mizuki Tsujimura Yuki Tejima Scribner Japanese novel
Memories from the Jungle Tristan Garcia Christopher Beach University of Nebraska Press French novel
New Story of the Stone Wu Jianren Liz Evans Weber Columbia UP Chinese novel
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) Solvej Balle Sophia Hersi Smith, Jennifer Russell New Directions Danish novel
On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) Solvej Balle Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell New Directions Danish novel
Red Sword Bora Chung Anton Hur Honford Star Korean novel
Restoration Ave Barrera Ellen Jones & Robin Myers Charco Press Spanish novel
School of Shards Marina & Sergey Dyachenko Julia Meitov Hersey Harper Voyager Russian novel
Sea Now Eva Meijer Anne Thompson Melo Peirine Press Dutch novel
Sleep Phase Mohamed Kheir Robin Moger Two Lines Press Arabic novel
Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost Donald Niedekker Jonathan Reeder Sandorf Passage Dutch novel
Strange Pictures Uketsu Jim Rion HarperVia Japanese novel
Sympathy Tower Tokyo Rie Qudan Jesse Kirkwood S&S/Summit Books Japanese novel
Tales of the Wandering Mists Oleg Veretskiy Marina Pelenyy Bailey Gigglequick Books Russian YA/MG
The Accidentals Guadalupe Nettel Rosalind Harvey Bloomsbury Spanish collection
The Amberglow Candy Store Hiyoko Kurisu Matt Treyvaud Putnam Japanese collection
The Bewitched Bourgeois Dino Buzzati Lawrence Venuti NYRB Italian collection
The Collected Short Stories Cixin Liu various Head of Zeus Chinese collection
The Deep Forest Sofía Rhei Kendal Simmons Aqueduct Press Spanish collection
The Event Juan José Saer Helen R. Lane Open Letter Spanish novel
The Fake Muse Max Besora Mara Faye Lethem Open Letter Catalan novel
The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen Shokoofeh Azar unknown Europa Editions Persian novel
The Inner Harbour Antoine Volodine Gina M. Stamm University of Minnesota Press French novel
The Lucky Ride Yasushi Kitagawa Takami Nieda Harper Collins Japenese novel
The Midnight Shift Seon-Ran Cheon Gene Png Bloomsbury Korean novel
The New Eve Moussa Ould Ebnou Paul Roochnik Iskanchi Press French, Arabic novel
The Place of Shells Mai Ishizawa Polly Barton New Directions Japanese Novel
The Podolian Nights Nachman Of Bratslav Jordan Finkin & Robert Adler Peckarar Pushkin Press Classics Yiddish collection
The Rainfall Market You Yeong-Gwang Slin Jung Ace Korean novel
The Shadow of the Mammoth Fabio Morábito Curtis Bauer Other Press Spanish novel
The Twenty Days of Turin Giorgio De Maria Ramon Glazov Liveright Italian novel
The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica Sarah Moses Scribner Spanish novel
The Voice of Blood Gabriela Rábago Palafox M. Elizabeth Ginway and Enrique Muñoz-Mantas University of Tampa Press Spanish collection
The Village at the Edge of Noon Darya Bobyleva Ilona Chavasse Angry Robot Russian novel
The Wax Child Olga Ravn Martin Aitken New Directions Danish novel
The Week of Colors Elena Garro Megan McDowell Two Lines Press Spanish collection
Three Science Fiction Novellas: From Prehistory to the End of Mankind J.-H. Rosny Danièle Chatelain & George Slusser Wesleyan University Press French collection
Ultramarine Mariette Navarro Eve Hill-Agnus Deep Vellum French novel
Vanishing World Sayaka Murata Ginny Tapley Takemori Grove Press Japanese novel
Yankees in Petrograd Marietta S. Shaginyan Jill Roese MIT Press Russian novel
The Third Love Hiromi Kawakami Ted Goosen Soft Skull Japanese novel
Timber and Lua Lily Hoàng & Vi Khi Nào Lily Hoàng & Vi Khi Nào Red Hen Press Vietnamese, Vietlish collection/ mixed
Journey to the Moon Jules Verne David Coward Oxford University Press French novel