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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.
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. Non-literary works (including many religious tracts) and claims not independently verifiable have been excluded.


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| [[Bible|The Bible]] || See [[Authorship of the Bible]] || See [[Dating the Bible]] || 2,932 (at least one [[Books of the Bible|book]])<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk">[http://www.wycliffe.net/resources/scriptureaccessstatistics/tabid/99/Default.aspx] (Figures correct as of October 2015.)</ref><br />1,333 (New Testament)<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk"/><br />554 (Old and New Testaments, including<br>the [[Protocanonical books|Protocanonical]] books)<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk"/> || [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]],<br>[[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[Koinḗ Greek]]
| [[Bible|The Bible]] || See [[Authorship of the Bible]] || See [[Dating the Bible]] || 2,932 (at least one [[Books of the Bible|book]])<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk">[http://www.wycliffe.net/resources/scriptureaccessstatistics/tabid/99/Default.aspx] (Figures correct as of October 2015.)</ref><br />1,333 (New Testament)<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk"/><br />554 (Old and New Testaments, including<br>the [[Protocanonical books|Protocanonical]] books)<ref name="wycliffe.org.uk"/> || [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]],<br>[[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[Koinḗ Greek]]
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| [[List of Watch Tower Society publications|JW.ORG]] || [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania]] || 2012 || >900<ref>''jw.org website'', Language button. [[https://www.jw.org/en/ http://www.jw.org]].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| [[Rhapsody of Realities by Loveworld Publishing|Rhapsody of Realities.org]] || [[Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Believers Loveworld Inc. AKA Christ Embassy]] || 2000 || >837<ref>''https://rhapsodyofrealities.org/index.php/en/home/about website'', Language button. [[https://www.jw.org/en/ http://www.jw.org]].</ref> || {{flagicon|NIGERIA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications|Can the Dead Really Live Again?]]'' || [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania|Watch Tower Society]] || 2013 || >600<ref name = "jl">[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102012169 Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?, page 31.]</ref>
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications|Will Suffering Ever End?]]'' || [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania|Watch Tower Society]] || 2013 || >600<ref name = "jl" />
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| [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] || [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]] || 1948 || 462<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/introduction.aspx Universal Declaration of Human Rights]; [http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx Download at the official website.]</ref> || {{flagicon|England}} [[English language|English]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[French language|French]]<br>{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications|Would You Like to Know the Truth?]]'' || [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania|Watch Tower Society]] || 2008 || >400<ref>''Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?'', page 31. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=kt&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[The Watchtower|The Watchtower&mdash;Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1879–present || 307<ref>''The Watchtower'', No. 6, 2017, page 2. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=wp Available online].</ref> (semi-monthly journal) || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[The Little Prince]]'' || [[Antoine de Saint Exupéry]] || 1943 || 300<ref>{{cite web|title='The Little Prince' becomes world's most translated book, excluding religious works|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/the-little-prince-becomes-world-s-most-translated-book-excluding-religious-works-1.3358885|website=CTV News|publisher=Bell Media|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref> || {{flagicon|France}} French
| ''[[The Little Prince]]'' || [[Antoine de Saint Exupéry]] || 1943 || 300<ref>{{cite web|title='The Little Prince' becomes world's most translated book, excluding religious works|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/the-little-prince-becomes-world-s-most-translated-book-excluding-religious-works-1.3358885|website=CTV News|publisher=Bell Media|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref> || {{flagicon|France}} French
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#For study and preaching|You Can Be God’s Friend!]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 2000 || 278<ref>''Awake!'', January, 2010, page 32. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=gf&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications|What Does the Bible Really Teach?]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 2005 || 272<ref>''The Watchtower'', February 15, 2015, page 27. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=bh Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio|Pinocchio]]'' || [[Carlo Collodi]] || 1883 || >260<ref name=nypl>http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/pinocchios-journey-italy</ref> || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italian language|Italian]]
| ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio|Pinocchio]]'' || [[Carlo Collodi]] || 1883 || >260<ref name=nypl>http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/pinocchios-journey-italy</ref> || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italian language|Italian]]
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| ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' || [[Lewis Carroll]] || 1865 ||174<ref>[http://aliceinaworldofwonderlands.com/book.html ''Alice in a World of Wonderlands''.]</ref> || {{flagicon|England}} English
| ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' || [[Lewis Carroll]] || 1865 ||174<ref>[http://aliceinaworldofwonderlands.com/book.html ''Alice in a World of Wonderlands''.]</ref> || {{flagicon|England}} English
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| ''[[Steps to Christ]]'' || [[Ellen G. White]] || 1892 ||165<ref>[http://ellenwhite.org/content/faq/what-ellen-whites-most-popular-book What is Ellen White's most popular book?] by The Ellen G. White Estate</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[Hans Christian Andersen bibliography|Andersen's Fairy Tales]]'' || [[Hans Christian Andersen]] || 1835–1852 ||153<ref>[http://museum.odense.dk/andersen/eventyr/start.asp?sprog=engelsk Hans Christian Andersens Fairytales in 128 languages<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> || {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Danish language|Danish]]
| ''[[Hans Christian Andersen bibliography|Andersen's Fairy Tales]]'' || [[Hans Christian Andersen]] || 1835–1852 ||153<ref>[http://museum.odense.dk/andersen/eventyr/start.asp?sprog=engelsk Hans Christian Andersens Fairytales in 128 languages<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> || {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Danish language|Danish]]
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| ''[[El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha]]'' || [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]] || 1615 || >140 (complete and portions)<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:u3oaLyy3qq4J:www.ayuntamientodeorgiva.es/2017/04/26/orgiva-municipio-donde-puede-leerse-el-quijote-en-mas-idiomas-de-todo-el-pais-organiza-una-lectura-continuada-en-diversas-lenguas/]</ref><ref>65 according with [http://datos.bne.es/obra/XX3383563.html Biblioteca Nacional de España]</ref> || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| ''[[El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha]]'' || [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]] || 1615 || >140 (complete and portions)<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:u3oaLyy3qq4J:www.ayuntamientodeorgiva.es/2017/04/26/orgiva-municipio-donde-puede-leerse-el-quijote-en-mas-idiomas-de-todo-el-pais-organiza-una-lectura-continuada-en-diversas-lenguas/]</ref><ref>65 according with [http://datos.bne.es/obra/XX3383563.html Biblioteca Nacional de España]</ref> || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
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| ''[[Awake!]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1919–present || 121<ref>''Awake!'', 2017 #6, page 2. (''Awake!'' was called ''The Golden Age'' between 1919 & 1937; then ''Consolation'' between 1937 & 1946.) [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=g Available online].</ref> (bimonthly journal) || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''Am I small?'' || [[Philipp Winterberg]] || 2013 || 124<ref>http://www.philippwinterberg.com/projekte/am_i_small_languages.php</ref> || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[German language|German]]
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#Music|Sing to Jehovah]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 2009 || 116<ref>[http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302013011#h=51 ''Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses'', 2013, page 24].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#For families|The Secret of Family Happiness]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1996 || 115<ref>''Awake!'', December 22, 2000, page 5. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=fy&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#For daily use|Examining the Scriptures Daily]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1986–present || 114<ref>''Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses'', 2001, page 17. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=es15&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> (annual booklet) || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[The Adventures of Asterix]]'' || [[René Goscinny]] & [[Albert Uderzo]] || 1959–2010 || 112<ref>http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/index.php?page=manylanguages/collection.inc</ref> || {{flagicon|France}} [[French language|French]]
| ''[[The Adventures of Asterix]]'' || [[René Goscinny]] & [[Albert Uderzo]] || 1959–2010 || 112<ref>http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/index.php?page=manylanguages/collection.inc</ref> || {{flagicon|France}} [[French language|French]]
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#New Testament|The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1991 || 111<ref>''The Watchtower'', December 1, 2002, page 21. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=gt&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' || See [[Origin of the Book of Mormon]] || 1830 || 110<ref>https://www.lds.org/ensign/2015/05/news-of-the-church/book-of-mormon-in-110-languages?lang=eng</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
| ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' || See [[Origin of the Book of Mormon]] || 1830 || 110<ref>https://www.lds.org/ensign/2015/05/news-of-the-church/book-of-mormon-in-110-languages?lang=eng</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications|Learn From the Great Teacher]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 2003 || >100<ref>''Awake!'', March 2009, page 23. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=lr&sortBy=1 Available online].</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[List of Watch Tower Society publications#Newsletter|Our Kingdom Ministry]]'' || Watch Tower Society || 1982–2015 || 100<ref>''Jehovah’s Witnesses — Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom'', page 247. [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/kingdom-ministry/ Available online].</ref> (monthly newsletter) || {{flagicon|USA}} English
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| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' || [[Hergé]] || 1929–1976|| 96<ref>[http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/tintin/index.php?page=translations Tintin Around the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817230551/http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/tintin/index.php?page=translations |date=17 August 2010 }}</ref> ||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[French language|French]]
| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' || [[Hergé]] || 1929–1976|| 96<ref>[http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/tintin/index.php?page=translations Tintin Around the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817230551/http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/tintin/index.php?page=translations |date=17 August 2010 }}</ref> ||{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[French language|French]]
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| ''[[The Good Soldier Švejk]]'' || [[Jaroslav Hašek]] || 1923 || 58<ref>http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/regiony/224333-hasek-je-na-roztrhani-ma-vlastni-pomnik-z-osmi-kusu/</ref> || {{flagicon|Czech_Republic}} [[Czech language|Czech]]
| ''[[The Good Soldier Švejk]]'' || [[Jaroslav Hašek]] || 1923 || 58<ref>http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/regiony/224333-hasek-je-na-roztrhani-ma-vlastni-pomnik-z-osmi-kusu/</ref> || {{flagicon|Czech_Republic}} [[Czech language|Czech]]
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| ''The Message of the Cross'' || [[Jaerock Lee]] || 2002 || 57<ref>{{citation|title=Urim Books exhibits book by pastor at New Delhi Book Fair|periodical=The Korea Herald|date=2014-02-26|accessdate=2014-02-27|url=http://khnews.kheraldm.com/view.php?ud=20140226001013&md=20140301005038_BC}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|South_Korea}} [[Korean language|Korean]]
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| ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' || [[Chinua Achebe]] || 1958 || 57<ref>http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565351/things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/9780385474542/</ref>|| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[English language|English]]
| ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' || [[Chinua Achebe]] || 1958 || 57<ref>http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565351/things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/9780385474542/</ref>|| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''[[A Doll's House]]'' || [[Henrik Ibsen]] || 1879 || 56<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fauskanger|first1=Kari|title="Lerkefuglen" tilbake på DNS|url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/Lerkefuglen-tilbake-pa-DNS-2825171.html|website=Bergens Tidende|publisher=Bergens Tidende|accessdate=30 May 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| ''[[A Doll's House]]'' || [[Henrik Ibsen]] || 1879 || 56<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fauskanger|first1=Kari|title="Lerkefuglen" tilbake på DNS|url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/Lerkefuglen-tilbake-pa-DNS-2825171.html|website=Bergens Tidende|publisher=Bergens Tidende|accessdate=30 May 2015|language=Norwegian}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
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| ''Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers'' || [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] || 1977 || 55<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.krishna.com/books/perfect-questions-perfect-answers}}</ref> || {{flagicon|India}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''[[The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright]]'' || [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o]] || 2016 || 68<ref>https://jaladaafrica.org/2016/03/22/jalada-translation-issue-01-ngugi-wa-thiongo/ Jalada Translation Issue 1</ref> || {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kikuyu language|Kikuyu]]
| ''[[The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright]]'' || [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o]] || 2016 || 68<ref>https://jaladaafrica.org/2016/03/22/jalada-translation-issue-01-ngugi-wa-thiongo/ Jalada Translation Issue 1</ref> || {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kikuyu language|Kikuyu]]
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| ''Beyond Birth and Death'' || [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] || 1979 || 51<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.krishna.com/books/beyond-birth-and-death}}</ref> || {{flagicon|India}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''Easy journey to other planets'' || [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] || 1970 || 51<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.krishna.com/books/easy-journey-to-other-planets}}</ref> || {{flagicon|India}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''The Perfection of Yoga'' || [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] || 1972 || 50<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.krishna.com/books/the-perfection-of-yoga}}</ref> || {{flagicon|India}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''[[Heidi]]'' || [[Johanna Spyri]] || 1880 || 50<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Spyri-Jo.html Johanna Spyri – FREE Johanna Spyri Biography], Encyclopedia.com</ref> || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[German language|German]]
| ''[[Heidi]]'' || [[Johanna Spyri]] || 1880 || 50<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Spyri-Jo.html Johanna Spyri – FREE Johanna Spyri Biography], Encyclopedia.com</ref> || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[German language|German]]
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| ''[[The Purpose Driven Life]]'' || [[Rick Warren]] || 2002 || 50<ref>[http://www.charismanews.com/us/34357-rick-warrens-the-purpose-driven-life-celebrates-10-years Charisma News], charismanews.com</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[English language|English]]
| ''[[The Purpose Driven Life]]'' || [[Rick Warren]] || 2002 || 50<ref>[http://www.charismanews.com/us/34357-rick-warrens-the-purpose-driven-life-celebrates-10-years Charisma News], charismanews.com</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[English language|English]]
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| ''Egbert Turns Red'' || [[Philipp Winterberg]] || 2009 || 57<ref>http://www.philippwinterberg.com/projekte/egbert_turns_red_languages.php#languages</ref> || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[German language|German]]
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| ''Sleep Tight, Little Wolf'' || Ulrich Renz || 2015 || 77<ref>http://childrens-books-bilingual.com/bilingual_childrens_book_1_languages.html</ref> || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[German language|German]]
| ''Sleep Tight, Little Wolf'' || Ulrich Renz || 2015 || 77<ref>http://childrens-books-bilingual.com/bilingual_childrens_book_1_languages.html</ref> || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[German language|German]]
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| ''[[Seven Brief Lessons on Physics]]'' || [[Carlo Rovelli]] || 2014 || 41<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/16/carlo-rovelli-interview-quantum-gravity-physics-science-is-where-revolutions-happen The Guardian] Carlo Rovelli: ‘Science is where revolutions happen’: "It is translated in 41 languages." (16 October 2016) </ref> || {{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
| ''[[Seven Brief Lessons on Physics]]'' || [[Carlo Rovelli]] || 2014 || 41<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/16/carlo-rovelli-interview-quantum-gravity-physics-science-is-where-revolutions-happen The Guardian] Carlo Rovelli: ‘Science is where revolutions happen’: "It is translated in 41 languages." (16 October 2016) </ref> || {{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
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| ''[[Miffy]]'' || [[Dick Bruna]] || 1955 || 40<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/09/bamiffy109.xml 'I saw Matisse – and came up with Miffy'] ,Telegraph.co.uk (12 September 2006)</ref> || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| ''[[Miffy]]'' || [[Dick Bruna]] || 1955 || 40<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/09/bamiffy109.xml 'I saw Matisse – and came up with Miffy'] ,Telegraph.co.uk (12 September 2006)</ref> || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
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Revision as of 08:59, 2 October 2017

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. Non-literary works (including many religious tracts) and claims not independently verifiable have been excluded.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint Exupéry 1943 300[2] France French
Pinocchio Carlo Collodi 1883 >260[3] Italy Italian
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 1678 200[4] England English
My Book of Bible Stories Watch Tower Society 1978, revised 2004 194[5] United States English
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 174[6] England English
Andersen's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen 1835–1852 153[7] Denmark Danish
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 >140 (complete and portions)[8][9] Spain Spanish
The Adventures of Asterix René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo 1959–2010 112[10] France French
Book of Mormon See Origin of the Book of Mormon 1830 110[11] United States English
The Adventures of Tintin Hergé 1929–1976 96[12] Belgium French
The Imitation of Christ Thomas à Kempis ca. 1418 95[13] Latin
Harry Potter J. K. Rowling 1997 80[14] United Kingdom English
Bhagavad Gita Vyasa 3100 BCE 80[15] India Sanskrit
The Way to Happiness L. Ron Hubbard 1980 >70[16] United States English
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas Thor Heyerdahl 1948 >70[17] Norway Norwegian
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 1945 70[18] Sweden Swedish
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho 1988 70[19][20] Brazil Portuguese
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1885 65[21] United States English
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 1949 65[22] United Kingdom English
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Lewis Carroll 1871 65[23] England English
Isha Upanishad Various 500 BCE 64[24] India Sanskrit
Kalevala Elias Lönnrot (compiler) 1835/1849 61[25] Finland Finnish
Quo vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz 1895 61[26][27] Poland Polish
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 1947 60[28] Netherlands Dutch
My Name Is Red Orhan Pamuk 1998 60[29] Turkey Turkish
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 1937 59[30] United Kingdom English
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder 1991 59[31] Norway Norwegian
The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 1923 58[32] Czech Republic Czech
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 57[33] Nigeria English
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen 1879 56[34] Norway Norwegian
The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 2016 68[35] Kenya Kikuyu
Heidi Johanna Spyri 1880 50[36] Switzerland German
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 50[37] Norway Norwegian
Qur'an See Origin and development of the Qur'an 650 50 (complete), 114 (portions)[38] Classical Arabic
The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren 2002 50[39] United States English
Sleep Tight, Little Wolf Ulrich Renz 2015 77[40] Germany German
The Bridge on the Drina Ivo Andrić 1945 47[41] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbo-Croatian
The Story of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 >45[42] Sweden English
The Stranger Albert Camus 1942 45[43] France French
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle 1969 45[44] United States English
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 2003 44[45] United States English
The Moomins Tove Jansson 1945 43[46] Finland Swedish
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 42[47] United States English
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2003 42[48] United States English
Solaris Stanisław Lem 1961 42[49][50][51] Poland Polish
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli 2014 41[52] Italy Italian
Miffy Dick Bruna 1955 40[53] Netherlands Dutch
Paddington Bear Michael Bond 1958 40[54] United Kingdom English
The Tragedy of Man Imre Madách 1861 40[55] Hungary Hungarian
The Family of Pascual Duarte Camilo José Cela 1942 39[56] 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[57] Norway Norwegian
Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 37[58] Catalonia Catalan
The Book of Mirrors Eugen Chirovici 2017 37[59] English
The General of the Dead Army Ismail Kadare 2003 37[60] Albania Albanian
Perfume Patrick Süskind 1985 37[61] Germany German
Tirukkural Thiruvalluvar ca. 500-200 BCE 37[62] India Tamil
Dictionary of the Khazars Milorad Pavić 1984 37[63] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbian
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery 1908 36[64] Canada English
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami 1987 36[65] Japan Japanese
Cien Años de Soledad Gabriel García Márquez 1967 > 35[66] Colombia Spanish
Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris 2001 35[67] United States English
Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 2005 35[68] United States English
My Life, My Faith Jaerock Lee 2006 35[69][70] South Korea Korean
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Helen Beatrix Potter 1902 35[71] United Kingdom English
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 1981 35[72] Japan Japanese
Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz 1834 34[73] Poland Polish
The Time of the Doves Mercè Rodoreda 1962 34[74] Catalonia Catalan
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle 1997 >33[75][76] Canada English
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 33[77] United States English
Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 32[78] United States English
Bambi: A Life in the Woods Felix Salten 1923 32[79] Austria German
'Art' Yasmina Reza 1994 30[80] France French
Buddenbrooks Thomas Mann 1901 30[81] Germany German
Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett 2003 30[82] United States English
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 30[83] United Kingdom English
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett 1989 30[84] United Kingdom English
Spiderwick Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black 2003 30[85] United States English
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu 1001 30[86] Japan Japanese
Under the Yoke Ivan Vazov 1893 30[87] Bulgaria Bulgarian
In Defence of Global Capitalism Johan Norberg 2001 28[88] Sweden Swedish

See also

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  82. ^ 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)
  83. ^ 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)
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  85. ^ 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)
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