List of literary works by number of translations

This is a list of the most translated 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 into which they have been translated. Only translations published by established, independent publishers are taken into account, not people self-publishing translations (real or automatic) via publish-on-demand or on websites, to avoid artificially inflated counts.

TitleAuthorDateNumber of languages with sourceOriginal language
The BibleSee Authorship of the BibleSee Dating the Bible3,384 (at least one book)
2,191 (at least New Testament)
698 (Old and New Testaments, including
the Protocanonical books)[1]		Hebrew,
Aramaic,
Koine Greek
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 >500[2][3] French
The Adventures of PinocchioCarlo Collodi1883240-260[4][5]Italian
Dao De JingLaozi400 BCE>250[6]Classical Chinese
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels1848>200[7]German
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll1865174[8]English
Grimm's Fairy TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm1812–1858170[9]German
Steps to ChristEllen G. White1892>160[10]English
Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra1615>140 (complete and portions)[11][12]Spanish
Andersen's Fairy TalesHans Christian Andersen1835–1852129[13]Danish
Book of MormonSee Origin of the Book of Mormon1830115[14]English
The Adventures of AsterixRené Goscinny & Albert Uderzo1959–present115[15] (not all volumes are available in all languages)French
The Way to HappinessL. Ron Hubbard1980114[16]English
The Prophet Kahlil Gibran 1923 108[17] English
QuranSee History of the Quran650>102[18]Classical Arabic
The Adventures of TintinHergé1929–197696[19] (not all volumes are available in all languages)French
The Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis141895[20]Latin
Harry PotterJ. K. Rowling1997–200785[21]English
Winnie-the-PoohA. A. Milne192674[22]English
The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank194773[23]Dutch
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South SeasThor Heyerdahl1948>70[24]Norwegian
Pippi LongstockingAstrid Lindgren194570[25]Swedish
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho198870[26][27]Portuguese
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder 1991 65[28] Norwegian
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain188565[29]English
Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell194965[30]English
Through the Looking-GlassLewis Carroll187165[31]English
Isha UpanishadVarious500 BCE64[32]Sanskrit
The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 2016 63[33] Gikuyu
KalevalaElias Lönnrot (compiler)1835/184961[34]Finnish
Quo vadisHenryk Sienkiewicz189561[35][36]Polish
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien193759English
The Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav Hašek192358[37]Czech
Bhagavad GitaVyasa400 BCE59[38]Sanskrit
The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien1954–195557[39] languages, with 87 translations totalEnglish
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe195857[40]English
A Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsen187956[41]Norwegian
Divine ComedyDante Alighieric. 1308-132152[42]Italian
Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli201452[43]Italian
Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro200552English
The Boy in the Striped PyjamasJohn Boyne200652English
The House at Pooh CornerA. A. Milne192852[44] languages, with 97 translations in totalEnglish
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1946 50[45][46] English
HeidiJohanna Spyri188050[47]German
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 2003 50[48] Norwegian
Cien Años de SoledadGabriel García Márquez196747[49]Spanish
The Chronicles of NarniaC. S. Lewis1950–195747[50]English
The Bridge on the DrinaIvo Andrić194547[51]Serbo-Croatian
The little witchOtfried Preußler195747[52]German
The Story of San MicheleAxel Munthe1929>45[53]English
The General of the Dead ArmyIsmail Kadare196345[54]Albanian
The StrangerAlbert Camus194245[55]French
The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle196945[56]English
The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown200344[57]English
TirukkuralValluvarc. 300 BCE – c. 450 CE
See Dating the Tirukkural		44Tamil
The MoominsTove Jansson194543[58]Swedish
The Robber HotzenplotzOtfried Preußler196243[59]German
Das KapitalKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels1867>42 (The number 42 gives the number of other languages in 1967)[60]German
Invisible CitiesItalo Calvino197242[61]Italian
The English RosesMadonna200342[62]English
AtonementIan McEwan200142English
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald192542[63]English
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini200342[64]English
SolarisStanisław Lem196142[65][66][67]Polish
A Series of Unfortunate EventsLemony Snicket1999–200641[68]English
The EgyptianMika Waltari194541[69]Finnish
The Leopard Jo Nesbø 2009 40[70] Norwegian
Before I Go to SleepS. J. Watson201140[71]English
MiffyDick Bruna195540[72]Dutch
Paddington BearMichael Bond195840English
The Tragedy of ManImre Madách186140[73]Hungarian
AmsterdamIan McEwan199839English
The Family of Pascual DuarteCamilo José Cela194239[74]Spanish
A Song of Ice and FireGeorge R.R. Martin1996–present39English
Dictionary of the KhazarsMilorad Pavić198439[75][76]Serbian
Silence in the Age of Noise Erling Kagge 2016 38[77] Norwegian
The Bookseller of Kabul Åsne Seierstad 2002 38[78] Norwegian
Mr. Peabody's ApplesMadonna200338[79]English
Discworld Terry Pratchett 1983–2015 37[80] or 38[81] English
Cold SkinAlbert Sánchez Piñol200237[82]Catalan
The Book of MirrorsEugen Chirovici201737[83]English
KrabatOtfried Preußler196237[84]German
PerfumePatrick Süskind198537[85]German
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery190836[86]English
Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami198736[87]Japanese
White TeethZadie Smith199936English
Dead Until DarkCharlaine Harris200135[88]English
The Tale of Peter RabbitHelen Beatrix Potter190235[89]English
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the WindowTetsuko Kuroyanagi198135[90]Japanese
Pan TadeuszAdam Mickiewicz183434[91]Polish
The Time of the DovesMercè Rodoreda196234[92]Catalan
The Paul Street BoysFerenc Molnár190733Hungarian
Ender's GameOrson Scott Card198533[93]English
Gone With the WindMargaret Mitchell193632[94]English
Bambi: A Life in the WoodsFelix Salten192332[95]German
Captain UnderpantsDav Pilkey1997–201531English
'Art'Yasmina Reza199430[96]French
BuddenbrooksThomas Mann190130[97]German
Chasing VermeerBlue Balliett200330[98]English
Isadora MoonHarriet Muncaster201630[99]English
SpiderwickTony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black200330[100]English
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyAlexander McCall Smith199830[101]English
The Pillars of the EarthKen Follett198930[102]English
The Tale of GenjiMurasaki Shikibu100130[103]Japanese
Under the YokeIvan Vazov189330[104]Bulgarian

See also

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  96. The Idaho Statesman on Art: "Since then it has been translated into 30 languages." (15 April 2008)
  97. 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)
  98. 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)
  99. "OUP over the Moon for Muncaster's new series | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.: "Muncaster’s Isadora Moon series has sold over one million copies worldwide and has been translated into 30 languages."
  100. 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)
  101. 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)
  102. Variety on The Pillars of the Earth (2 April 2008)
  103. Washington University in St. 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)
  104. (29 April 2009)
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