Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks: My 2017 List

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52 Books – 52 Writers

- completed reviews in alphabetical order by author's name -

1. Ilse Aichinger: The Greater Hope (1948; previously translated into English as Herod's Children), original German title: Die größere Hoffnung
2. Ariyoshi Sawako: The River Ki (1959), original Japanese title: 紀ノ川
3. Miguel Ángel Asturias: The Green Pope (1954), original Spanish title: El papa verde
4. Paul Auster: 4 3 2 1 (2017)
5. Mariama Bâ: So Long a Letter (1980), original French title: Une si longue lettre
6. Ingeborg Bachmann: Letters to Felician (1946/1991), original German title: Briefe an Felician
7. Bánffy Miklós: They Were Counted (1934), original Hungarian title: Megszámláltattál
8. Anna Banti: Artemisia (1947), original Italian title: Artemisia
9. Thomas Bernhard: Old Masters (1985), original German title: Alte Meister
10. Heinrich Böll: Billiards at Half Past Nine (1959), original German title: Billiard um halb zehn
11. Agatha Christie Mallowan: Star Over Bethlehem (1965)
12. Alfred Döblin: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1925), original German title: Berlin Alexanderplatz
13. Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate (1989), original Spanish title: Como agua para chocolate
14. Mary McNeil Fenollosa: The Dragon Painter (1906)
15. Lion Feuchtwanger: This is the Hour (1951), original German title: Goya oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis
16. Katie Flynn: No Silver Spoon (1999)
17. Dario Fo: The Pope's Daughter (2014), original Italian title: La figlia del papa 
18. Romain Gary: The Roots of Heaven (1956), original French title: Les racines du ciel
19. William Golding: Darkness Visible (1979)
20. Maxim Gorky: The Artamonov Business (1925), original Russian title: Дело Артамоновых
21. Jay Griffiths: A Love Letter from a Stray Moon (2011) 
22. Paula Grogger: The Door in the Grimming (1926), original German title: Das Grimmingtor
23. Sabine Gruber: Roman Elegy (2011), original German title Stillbach oder Die Sehnsucht
24. Maja Haderlap: Angel of Oblvion (2011), original German title: Engel des Vergessens
25. Elisabeth Hickey: The Painted Kiss (2005)
26. Christopher Isherwood: A Meeting by the River (1967) 
27. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Artist of the Floating World (1986) 
28. Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)
29. Miljenko Jergović: The Walnut Mansion (2003), original Croatian title: Dvori od oraha
30. Kakuta Mitsuyo: Woman on the Other Shore (2004), original Japanese title: 対岸の彼女
31. Else Lasker-Schüler: My Heart (1912), original German title: Mein Herz
32. Clarice Lispector: Água Viva (1973; also translated into English as The Stream of Life), original Brazilian Portuguese title: Água viva
33. Lu Xun: The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China (1923-1935), original Chinese titles of the combined collections: 吶喊 (1923), 彷徨 (1925) and 故事新編 (1935)
34. Ana María Matute: Celebration in the Northwest (1952), original Spanish title: Fiesta al noroeste
35. Margaret Mazzantini: Twice Born (2008), original Italian title: Venuto al mondo
36. Eva Menasse: Vienna (2005), original German title: Vienna
37. Miyamoto Teru: Kinshu. Autumn Brocade (1982), original Japanese title: 錦繍
38. Alberto Moravia: Boredom (1960), original Italian title: La noia
39. V. S. Naipaul: A Bend in the River (1979)
40. Natsume Sōseki: I Am a Cat (1905), original Japanese title: 吾輩は猫である
41. Amos Oz: Black Box (1986), original Hebrew title: קופסה שחורה
42. Arturo Pérez-Reverte: The Flanders Panel (1990), original Spanish title: La tabla de Flandes
43. Julya Rabinowich: Splithead (2008), original German title: Spaltkopf
44. Judith Schalansky: The Giraffe's Neck (2011), original German title: Der Hals der Giraffe
45. Clemens J. Setz: Indigo (2012), original German title: Indigo
46. Claude Simon: The Trolley (2001), original French title: Le tramway
47. Irving Stone: Lust for Life (1934)
48. Patrick Süskind: The Pigeon (1987), original German title: Die Taube
49. Sumii Sué: The River with No Bridge (Volume I: 1961), original Japanese title: 橋のない川
50. Marcelle Tinayre: To Arms! (1915; also translated into English as Sacrifice), original French title: La Veillée des armes. Le départ; Août 1914 
51. Miguel Torga: Grape Harvest (1945), original Portuguese title: Vindima
52. Regina Ullmann: Country Road (1921), original German title: Die Landstraße