List of literary works by number of translations

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This is a list of literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages they have been translated into.

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Title Author Year of Publication Number of languages with source Origin / Language
The Bible See Authorship of the Bible See Dating the Bible 2,932 (at least one book)[1]
1,333 (New Testament)[1]
554 (Old and New Testaments, including the Protocanonical books)[1]		 Hebrew, Aramaic, Koinḗ Greek
Rhapsody of Realities Pastor Chris Oyakhilome 2001 - present 710 and counting [2] Nigeria English
Listen to God and Live Forever Watch Tower Society 2011 >640[3] United States English
Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations Commission on Human Rights 1948 462[4] England English,France French, Spain Spanish
Would You Like to Know the Truth? Watch Tower Society 2008 >400[5] United States English
You Can Be God’s Friend! Watch Tower Society 2000 278[6] United States English
What Does the Bible Really Teach? Watch Tower Society 2005 272[7] United States English
The Watchtower—Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom Watch Tower Society 1879–present 267[8] (semi-monthly journal) United States English
Pinocchio Carlo Collodi 1883 >260[9] Italy Italian
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint Exupéry 1943 253[10] France French
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 1678 200[11] England English
My Book of Bible Stories Watch Tower Society 1978, revised 2004 194[12] United States English
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 174[13] England English
Andersen's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen 1835–1852 153[14] Denmark Danish
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 1870 148[citation needed] France French
Steps to Christ Ellen G. White 1892 >135,[15] United States English
The Secret of Family Happiness Watch Tower Society 1996 115[16] United States English
Examining the Scriptures Daily Watch Tower Society 1986–present 114[17] (annual booklet) United States English
The Adventures of Asterix René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo 1959–2010 112[18] France French
The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived Watch Tower Society 1991 111[19] United States English
Am I small? Philipp Winterberg 2013 110 and counting [20] Germany German
Awake! Watch Tower Society 1919–present 107[21] (bimonthly journal) United States English
Learn From the Great Teacher Watch Tower Society 2003 >100[22] United States English
Our Kingdom Ministry Watch Tower Society 1982–2015 100[23] (monthly newsletter) United States English
The Adventures of Tintin Hergé 1929–1976 96[24] BelgiumFrench
The Imitation of Christ Thomas à Kempis ca. 1418 95[25] Latin
Book of Mormon See Origin of the Book of Mormon 1830 92 (complete)
24 (partial)[26]		 United States English
The Way to Happiness L. Ron Hubbard 1980 >70[27] United States English
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas Thor Heyerdahl 1948 >70[28] Norway Norwegian
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 1945 70[29] Sweden Swedish
Harry Potter J. K. Rowling 1997 68[30] United KingdomEnglish
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 67[31] Brazil Portuguese
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1885 65[32] United StatesEnglish
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 1949 65[33] United KingdomEnglish
Kalevala Elias Lönnrot (compiler) 1835/1849 61[34] Finland Finnish
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 1947 60[35] Netherlands Dutch
My Name Is Red Orhan Pamuk 1998 60[36] Turkey Turkish
Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 60[37] United Kingdom English
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder 1991 59[38] Norway Norwegian
The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1923 58[39] Czech Republic Czech
The Message of the Cross Jaerock Lee 2002 57[40] South Korea Korean
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 1879 56[41] Norway Norwegian
Quo vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz 1895 >50[42] Poland Polish
Heidi Johanna Spyri 1880 50[43] Switzerland German
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 50[44] Norway Norwegian
Qur'an See Origin and development of the Qur'an 650 50 (complete), 114 (portions)[45] Classical Arabic
The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren 2002 50[46] United States English
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 50[47] Nigeria English
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 48[48][49] Spain Spanish
The Bridge on the Drina Ivo Andrić 1945 47[50] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbo-Croatian
The Story of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 >45[51] Sweden English
The Stranger Albert Camus 1942 45[52] France French
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle 1969 45[53] United States English
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 2003 44[54] United States English
The Moomins Tove Jansson 1945 43[55] Finland Swedish
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 42[56] United States English
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 42[57] United States English
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 40[58] United Kingdom English
Miffy Dick Bruna 1955 40[59] Netherlands Dutch
Paddington Bear Michael Bond 1958 40[60] United Kingdom English
The Tragedy of Man Imre Madách 1861 40[61] Hungary Hungarian
The Family of Pascual Duarte Camilo José Cela 1942 39[62] Spain Spanish
A Song of Ice and Fire George R.R. Martin 1996–Present 39 United States English
The Bookseller of Kabul Åsne Seierstad 2002 38[63] Norway Norwegian
Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 37[64] Catalonia Catalan
The General of the Dead Army Ismail Kadare 2003 37[65] Albania Albanian
Perfume Patrick Süskind 1985 37[66] Germany German
Tirukkural Thiruvalluvar 0012 37[67] India Tamil
Dictionary of the Khazars Milorad Pavić 1984 37[68] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbian
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery 1908 36[69] Canada English
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami 1987 36[70] Japan Japanese
Cien Años de Soledad Gabriel García Márquez 1967 > 35[71] Colombia Spanish
Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris 2001 35[72] United States English
Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 2005 35[73] United States English
My Life, My Faith Jaerock Lee 2006 35[74][75] South Korea Korean
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Helen Beatrix Potter 1902 35[76] United Kingdom English
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 1981 35[77] Japan Japanese
Left Behind Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 1995 34[78] United States English
The Time of the Doves Mercè Rodoreda 1962 34[79] Catalonia Catalan
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 >33[80][81] Canada English
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 33[82] United States English
Alexander Trilogy Valerio Massimo Manfredi 1998 32[83] Italy Italian
Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 32[84] United States English
Goosebumps R. L. Stine 1992 32[85] United States English
'Art' Yasmina Reza 1994 30[86] France French
Buddenbrooks Thomas Mann 1901 30[87] Germany German
Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett 2003 30[88] United States English
Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson 2005 30[89] Sweden Swedish
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 30[90] United Kingdom English
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett 1989 30[91] United Kingdom English
Spiderwick Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 2003 30[92] United States English
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu 1001 30[93] Japan Japanese
Under the Yoke Ivan Vazov 1893 30[94] Bulgaria Bulgarian
In Defence of Global Capitalism Johan Norberg 2001 28[95] Sweden Swedish

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 [1] (Figures correct as of October 2015.)
  2. ↑ Rhapsody of Realities Official Website, May 2016. Available online.
  3. ↑ Awake, June 2016, page 6. Available online.
  4. ↑ Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Download at the official website.
  5. ↑ Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?, page 31. Available online.
  6. ↑ Awake!, January, 2010, page 32. Available online.
  7. ↑ The Watchtower, February 15, 2015, page 27. Available online.
  8. ↑ The Watchtower, No. 4, 2016, page 2. Available online.
  9. ↑ http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/pinocchios-journey-italy
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  11. ↑ John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, W.R. Owens, ed., Oxford World's Classics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), xiii: "...the book has never been out of print. It has been published in innumerable editions, and has been translated into over two hundred languages."
  12. ↑ Awake!, November 2007, page 18. Available online.
  13. ↑ Alice in a World of Wonderlands.
  14. ↑ Hans Christian Andersens Fairytales in 128 languages
  15. ↑ Herbert E. Douglass. Messenger of the Lord
  16. ↑ Awake!, December 22, 2000, page 5. Available online.
  17. ↑ Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2001, page 17. Available online.
  18. ↑ http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/index.php?page=manylanguages/collection.inc
  19. ↑ The Watchtower, December 1, 2002, page 21. Available online.
  20. ↑ http://www.philippwinterberg.com/projekte/am_i_small_languages.php
  21. ↑ Awake!, 2016 #4, page 2. (Awake! was called The Golden Age between 1919 & 1937; then Consolation between 1937 & 1946.) Available online.
  22. ↑ Awake!, March 2009, page 23. Available online.
  23. ↑ Jehovah’s Witnesses — Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, page 247. Available online.
  24. ↑ Tintin Around the World
  25. ↑ http://ftp.unesco.org/xtrans/a/openisis.a?a=THOMAS+A+KEMPIS&ns=/xtrans/stat/xTransList.a%3Flg&tie=and&t3=11&t4=10 Index Translationum for The Imitation of Christ
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  27. ↑ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-6000/most-translated-author-same-book/
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  29. ↑ Astrid Lindgren's Official Website astridlindgren.com (12 March 2015)
  30. ↑ The Telegraph-Journal on Harry Potter (15 April 2008)
  31. ↑ Paulo Coelho's Official Website PauloCoelho.com (28 March 2009)
  32. ↑ Great Books: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Segment 11: The Popularity of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (06 August 2013)
  33. ↑ John Rodden. The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of "St. George" Orwell
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  37. ↑ The Fort Dodge Messenger on Sherlock Holmes: "The Holmes stories have been translated into more than 60 languages. " (13 April 2008)
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  42. ↑ http://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bsresult.aspx?lg=0&a=Sienkiewicz&stxt=Quo%20vadis&fr=0 Index Translationum for Quo vadis
  43. ↑ Johanna Spyri – FREE Johanna Spyri Biography, Encyclopedia.com
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  45. ↑ According to the al-quran.info online quranic project, the complete Qur'an is listed as having been translated into 47 languages. But, according to another source that number is 50: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. ↑ Charisma News, charismanews.com
  47. ↑ The Philadelphia Enquirer on Things Fall Apart (27 March 2008)
  48. ↑ Although, according to some Spanish sources (Institute Cervantes), this is the book with the most translations after the Bible.
  49. ↑ Catálogo de Traducciones del Quijote, Instituto Cervantes
  50. ↑ Bibliography Compiled by the Ivo Andrić Foundation in 2011 (14 August 2015)
  51. ↑ Translationum
  52. ↑ The Outsider – Albert Camus – Penguin Classics
  53. ↑ The Very Hungry Birthday (ages 3–5) at Bayside Library
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  57. ↑ The Independent on The Kite Runner: "It's been published in 38 countries, translated into 42 languages, turned into an Oscar-nominated movie – and sold more than 10 million copies." (15 April 2008)
  58. ↑ The Telegraph on The Hobbit: "It was published in 1937 and has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide in 40 languages. " (23 March 2008)
  59. ↑ 'I saw Matisse – and came up with Miffy' ,Telegraph.co.uk (12 September 2006)
  60. ↑ Bear with us – Paddington celebrates 50th with a new book ,Daily Mail (2 June 2008)
  61. ↑ Arcanum Adatbázis Kft
  62. ↑ La familia de Pascual Duarte llega a Corea del Sur, La Voz Libre (6 November 2009)
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  64. ↑ Institut Ramon Llull (Press Releases) on Cold Skin: "The novel, first published in Catalan by La Campana in 2002, has now been translated into 37 languages." (8 December 2009)
  65. ↑ [2] ,BBC (9 October 2003)
  66. ↑ Obsessed with Scent ,GNN (30 October 2003)
  67. ↑ "37 translations"
  68. ↑ Dictionary of the Khazars. A lexicon-novel in 100.000 words (14 August 2015)
  69. ↑ The Nashua Telegraph on Anne of Green Gables: "First published in Boston, the book has been translated into 36 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. " (20 March 2008)
  70. ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun (31 July 2008) (Japanese language)
  71. ↑ [3], El Mundo, Reportaje en La Revista: "70 Años de García Márquez"
  72. ↑ [4], Awfulagent.com (author's agency) (26 April 2011)
  73. ↑ http://www.freakonomics.com/
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  77. ↑ トットちゃんとカマタ先生の「ずっとやくそく」 :著者プロフィール (Japanese language)
  78. ↑ [5], People Magazine (26 April 2004)
  79. ↑ El Periódico on The Time of the Doves: "The novel has been translated into 34 languages. In honor of this feat, the Gràcia district opens today an exhibition about it." (26 September 2012)
  80. ↑ Eckhart Tolle Biography. New York Times (2008-03-05). Times Topics.
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  82. ↑ Ender's Game#Translations
  83. ↑ Reuters on the Alexander trilogy: "Manfredi gained international acclaim in 1998 with his trilogy on Alexander the Great, which was translated into 32 languages." (2 April 2008)
  84. ↑ CNN Transcript – Sunday Morning News `Gone With the Wind' Translated Into Russian ,CNN (25 March 2001)
  85. ↑ The Rocky Mountain News on Goosebumps: "That formula has brought fame and fortune to Stine, whose 87 Goosebumps books have sold more than 300 million copies and been translated into 32 languages." (13 April 2008)
  86. ↑ The Idaho Statesman on Art: "Since then it has been translated into 30 languages." (15 April 2008)
  87. ↑ The Los Angeles Times on Buddenbrooks: "Buddenbrooks, which has been translated into over 30 languages, has long been Thomas Mann's most popular book." (27 June 1993)
  88. ↑ Publishers Weekly on Chasing Vermeer: "Chasing Vermeer, which was published in 2004, has sold more than a million copies for Scholastic, and has been translated into more than 30 languages." (17 March 2008)
  89. ↑ AFP on Millennium Trilogy: "They have been translated into some 30 languages and a first film adaptation is under way in Sweden." (19 March 2008)
  90. ↑ The Independent on 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency': "Award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith, whose best-selling books about a Botswanan female detective are printed in more than 30 languages, is accused by human rights campaigners of stereotyping tribal groups in Africa." (16 March 2008)
  91. ↑ Variety on The Pillars of the Earth (2 April 2008)
  92. ↑ The New Zealand Herald on Spiderwick: "After all, the books had sold millions and had been translated into 30 languages, so it seemed like a good idea." (9 April 2008)
  93. ↑ Washington University, Saint Louis on The Tale of Genji: "Now a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon, the book has inspired writers and artists working in every conceivable genre and medium, and has been translated into more than 30 languages." (4 April 2008)
  94. ↑ [6](29 April 2009)
  95. ↑ Lindgren, Martin (2009), "Vi är inte alls eniga om stimulanspaket", Realtid.se

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