Translated fiction book club questions
Discussion guides we've filed under Translated fiction, listed A to Z. 9 guides for your next meeting, each with themes, read-alikes, and where to find a copy.
Anxious People
A failed bank robbery turns into a hostage standoff at an apartment viewing, throwing together a group of anxious strangers who have more in common than they think.
A modern book club favorite
Beartown
In a small forest town that lives for its junior hockey team, a single violent act forces everyone to choose between loyalty to the team and standing with the person harmed.
A modern book club favorite
Britt-Marie Was Here
A fastidious, socially awkward woman in her sixties leaves her husband, takes a job in a dying town, and improbably ends up coaching its ragtag children's soccer team.
A modern book club favorite
A Man Called Ove
A rigid, grieving widower keeps trying to follow his late wife out of this world, only to be repeatedly interrupted by the boisterous new neighbors who need him.
A modern book club favorite
My Friends
A teenager obsessed with a famous painting sets out to uncover the story of the four friends who made it, a story of art, refuge, and a bond that outlasts them.
A modern book club favorite
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
After her beloved, larger-than-life grandmother dies, a precocious seven-year-old follows a trail of apology letters that leads her into the hidden lives of everyone in their building.
A modern book club favorite
Taiwan Travelogue
In 1930s Japanese-ruled Taiwan, a Japanese novelist and her Taiwanese interpreter travel the island eating their way through it, as attraction and the weight of colonial power pull against each other.
International Booker Prize 2026 (winner)
Us Against You
With Beartown reeling and its hockey club near collapse, an escalating rivalry with the neighboring town hardens loyalty into something dangerous. (Book 2 of the Beartown trilogy.)
A modern book club favorite
The Winners
Two years after the events that shook Beartown, an approaching storm and a boiling-over rivalry force the town to reckon with its old wounds. (Book 3 of the Beartown trilogy.)
A modern book club favorite