List of literary works by number of translations
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This is a list of literary works (including novels, plays, series, and collections of poems or short stories) sorted by the number of languages they have been translated into.
| Title | Author | Year of Publication | Number of languages with source | Origin / Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bible | Authors of the Bible | 100–200 | 2,454 (at least one book); 438 (protocanonical Old Testament and New Testament)<ref>www.ubs-translations.org United Bible Society Translations project, figures correct as of 31 December 2007)</ref> | |
| Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | 1883 | 260,<ref>Italy Story: Pinoochio: A Boy from a Wood</ref> > 200<ref>Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site (Pinocchio-free PDF ebook)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Italian |
| What Does the Bible Really Teach? | Jehovah's Witnesses | 2005 | 209 <ref>www.jw-media.org Also in Sign languages. [http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article43.htm#publishing www.jw.org</ref> |
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| Pilgrim's Progress | John Bunyan | 1678 | 200<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/do_that/lit_map/beds_lit_map.shtml</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Watchtower | Jehovah's Witnesses | 1879 - 2011 | >188 <ref>"www.jw.org (The Watchtower, April 1, 2011 p. 2)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint Exupéry | 1943 | >180 <ref>"List of the Foreign Editions of the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry [list of editions in different languages along with images of covers](15 May 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon French |
| Steps to Christ | Ellen G. White | 1892 | >135,<ref>Herbert E. Douglass. Messenger of the Lord</ref> >140 <ref>Steps to Christ (Audio CD), Editorial Reviews</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Book of Mormon | See Origin of the Book of Mormon | 1830 | 107 | Template:Flagicon English |
| Qur'an | See Origin and development of the Qur'an | 650 | 102<ref>This figure is from 1936. Fatani, Afnan (2006), "Translation and the Qur'an", in Leaman, Oliver, The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, Great Britain: Routeledge, pp. 657–669; cited here</ref> | |
| New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures | Jehovah's Witnesses | 1950 - 2011 | >96 <ref>"www.jw.org (The Watchtower, March 1, 2011 p. 7)</ref> (>64 for entire Bible) | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Adventures of Tintin | Hergé | 1929–1976 | 96<ref>Tintin Around the World</ref> | Template:FlagiconFrench |
| The Imitation of Christ | Thomas à Kempis | ca. 1418 | 95<ref>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</ref> | Latin |
| Awake! | Jehovah's Witnesses | 1919-2011 | >83 <ref>"www.jw.org (Awake, March 2011 p. 2. Was The Golden Age, 1919-1937; Consolation, 1937-1946)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | 1988 | 67<ref>Paulo Coelho's Official Website PauloCoelho.com (28 March 2009)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Portuguese |
| Harry Potter | J. K. Rowling | 1997 | 67<ref>The Telegraph-Journal on Harry Potter: "The books have been published in 67 languages, sold more than 400 million copies and produced a film franchise that has pulled in $4.5 billion (U.S.) at the worldwide box office." (15 April 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Pippi Longstocking | Astrid Lindgren | 1945 | 64<ref>"The Pippi books have been translated to 64 languages " (2009)</ref> (Several book series of Astrid's exceed 38 languages) | Template:Flagicon Swedish |
| Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle | 1887 | 60<ref>The Fort Dodge Messenger on Sherlock Holmes: "The Holmes stories have been translated into more than 60 languages. " (13 April 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | 1947 | 60<ref>Deaf news around Europe and the world Article 2, European Union of the Deaf</ref> | Template:Flagicon Dutch |
| The Good Soldier Švejk | Jaroslav Hašek | 1923 | 54<ref>http://www.svejkcentral.com/index.html List of translations of Švejk</ref> | Template:Flagicon Czech |
| Quo vadis | Henryk Sienkiewicz | 1895 | >50<ref>http://www.unesco.org/xtrans/bsresult.aspx?lg=0&a=Sienkiewicz&stxt=Quo%20vadis&fr=0 Index Translationum for Quo vadis</ref> | Template:Flagicon Polish |
| Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | 1958 | 50<ref>The Philadelphia Enquirer on Things Fall Apart: "Since its 1958 publication in London by Heinemann, Things Fall Apart has sold more than eight million copies in 50 languages. " (27 March 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Heidi | Johanna Spyri | 1880 | 50<ref>Johanna Spyri – FREE Johanna Spyri Biography, Encyclopedia.com</ref> | Template:Flagicon German |
| El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1615 | 48 (Although, according to some Spanish sources (Institute Cervantes), this is the book with the most translations after the Bible) <ref>Catálogo de Traducciones del Quijote, Instituto Cervantes</ref> | Template:Flagicon Spanish |
| The Stranger | Albert Camus | 1942 | 45<ref>The Outsider – Albert Camus – Penguin Classics</ref> | Template:Flagicon French |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | 1969 | 45<ref>The Very Hungry Birthday (ages 3–5) at Bayside Library</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 2003 | 44 | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Moomins | Tove Jansson | 1945 | 43<ref>Oy Moomin Characters Ltd</ref> | Template:Flagicon Swedish |
| The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | 2003 | 42<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Tragedy of Man | Imre Madách | 1861 | 40<ref>Arcanum Adatbázis Kft</ref> | Template:Flagicon Hungarian |
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | 1937 | 40<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Miffy | Dick Bruna | 1955 | 40<ref>'I saw Matisse – and came up with Miffy' ,Telegraph.co.uk (12 September 2006)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Dutch |
| Paddington Bear | Michael Bond | 1958 | 40<ref>Bear with us – Paddington celebrates 50th with a new book ,Daily Mail (2 June 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The English Roses | Madonna | 2003 | 37<ref>Madonna book hits 500,000 mark ,BBC (9 October 2003)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Perfume | Patrick Süskind | 1985 | 37<ref>Obsessed with Scent ,GNN (30 October 2003)</ref> | Template:Flagicon German |
| Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1908 | 36<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami | 1987 | 36<ref>Yomiuri Shimbun (31 July 2008) (Japanese language)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Japanese |
| Cien Años de Soledad | Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 | > 35<ref>[1], El Mundo, Reportaje en La Revista: "70 Años de García Márquez"</ref> | Template:Flagicon Spanish |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Helen Beatrix Potter | 1902 | 35 | Template:Flagicon English |
| Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi | 1981 | 35<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Japanese |
| Left Behind | Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | 1995 | 34<ref>[2], People Magazine (26 April 2004)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Power of Now | Eckhart Tolle | 1997 | >33<ref name=NY>Eckhart Tolle Biography. New York Times (2008-03-05). Times Topics.</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Dead Until Dark | Charlaine Harris | 2001 | 34<ref>[3], Awfulagent.com (author's agency) (23 July 2010)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Goosebumps | R. L. Stine | 1992 | 32<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Alexander trilogy | Valerio Massimo Manfredi | 1998 | 32<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Italian |
| Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 1936 | 32<ref>CNN Transcript – Sunday Morning News `Gone With the Wind' Translated Into Russian ,CNN (25 March 2001)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| 'Art' | Yasmina Reza | 1994 | 30<ref>The Idaho Statesman on Art: "Since then it has been translated into 30 languages." (15 April 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon French |
| Spiderwick | Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black | 2003 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Tale of Genji | Murasaki Shikibu | 1001 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Japanese |
| Millennium Trilogy | Stieg Larsson | 2005 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Swedish |
| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith | 1998 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follett | 1989 | 30<ref>Variety on The Pillars of the Earth: "“The Pillars of the Earth” has been translated into 30 languages and sold more than 14 million copies worldwide." (2 April 2008)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Chasing Vermeer | Blue Balliett | 2003 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon English |
| Buddenbrooks | Thomas Mann | 1901 | 30<ref>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)</ref> | Template:Flagicon German |
| Under the Yoke | Ivan Vazov | 1893 | 30<ref>[4](29 April 2009)</ref> | Template:Flagicon Bulgarian |
| In Defence of Global Capitalism | Johan Norberg | 2001 | 28<ref>Lindgren, Martin (2009), "Vi är inte alls eniga om stimulanspaket", Realtid.se</ref> | Template:Flagicon Swedish |
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