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Episode Synopsis
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So many of the books we've read all our lives were written in another language and translated into English. Tana and I talk about some of the ones we've read recently that we've enjoyed.
Discussed:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, (Japanese) by Toshikazu Kagawuchi
Full Moon Coffee Shop series, (Japanese) by Mai Mochizuki
Olga, (German) by Bernhard Schlink
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, (Japanese) by Michiko Aoyama
Decagon House Murders, (Japanese) by Yukito Ayatsuji
The Cat Who Saved Books, (Japanese) by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, (German) by Patrick Süskind
Enigma of Room 622, (French) by Joël Dicker
The Door, (Hungarian) by Magda Szabó
Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, (Swedish) by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
Travelling Cat Chronicles, (Japanese) by Hiro Arikawa
Old Woman with the Knife, (Korean) by Gu Byeong-mo
Elderly Lady is Up To No Good, (Swedish) by Helene Tursten
The Japanese Lover, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
In the Midst of Winter, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Violeta, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Maya's Notebook, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Fresh Water for Flowers, (French) by Valérie Perrin
Forgotten on Sunday, (French) by Valérie Perrin
Books by Fredrik Backman (Swedish)
Books by Jo Nesbø (Swedish)
Books by Stieg Larsson (Swedish)
Kurt Wallander series, (Swedish) by Henning Mankell
We'll Prescribe You a Cat, (Japanese) by Syou Ishida
So many of the books we've read all our lives were written in another language and translated into English. Tana and I talk about some of the ones we've read recently that we've enjoyed.
Discussed:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, (Japanese) by Toshikazu Kagawuchi
Full Moon Coffee Shop series, (Japanese) by Mai Mochizuki
Olga, (German) by Bernhard Schlink
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, (Japanese) by Michiko Aoyama
Decagon House Murders, (Japanese) by Yukito Ayatsuji
The Cat Who Saved Books, (Japanese) by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, (German) by Patrick Süskind
Enigma of Room 622, (French) by Joël Dicker
The Door, (Hungarian) by Magda Szabó
Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, (Swedish) by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
Travelling Cat Chronicles, (Japanese) by Hiro Arikawa
Old Woman with the Knife, (Korean) by Gu Byeong-mo
Elderly Lady is Up To No Good, (Swedish) by Helene Tursten
The Japanese Lover, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
In the Midst of Winter, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Violeta, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Maya's Notebook, (Spanish) by Isabel Allende
Fresh Water for Flowers, (French) by Valérie Perrin
Forgotten on Sunday, (French) by Valérie Perrin
Books by Fredrik Backman (Swedish)
Books by Jo Nesbø (Swedish)
Books by Stieg Larsson (Swedish)
Kurt Wallander series, (Swedish) by Henning Mankell
We'll Prescribe You a Cat, (Japanese) by Syou Ishida
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