Foreign Languages discussion

A while ago I created a little list of books here on GoodReads, one that has also grown a bit since, by contribution of other members. I thought this could also be of relevance here, as this is a Foreign Language Group.

Regarding that title, I want to say I really have nothing against the English language I like it a lot. But especially in the genre of Fantasy (though this really is a problem in all genres) it is sometimes hard to find something that is not originally written in English. As a language learner I like to read books that have been written by autors coming from the respective country. And then I like having a bigger variety to choose from. Especially in fantasy-literature it can be intersting how the culture, the history or legends of a certain place find their way into a story. And then: different places in the world have different ways of telling stories.

This list has been a way for me to collect recommendations. Get to know stuff that I would not have come across otherwise. People here are from different places, know the autors of your home-countries. Maybe you have somthing you would like to recommend. Preferably things that have already been translated (not necessarily to English but also to other languages), and that you think deserve more attention? That is what this list is for. I hope you will also be able to pick a few recommendations out of it :-)

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12...

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I need to know what languages those are in so I can learn them! I can read Russian, but not understand it, so I have no idea how to tell the difference between languages that use cyrillc.

Just realized I had not linked to the full list. Corrected it now.

Those titles that use cyrillic letters are all in Russian so far. If you click on the titles you might also be able to find them in translation to a language that you can read.

And yes, the same here, I have been able to teach myself to read the cyrillic alphabet, but did not get very far with the Russian language, postponed it for the moment to take it up later again. But all that nice Russian literature (among other things) makes me really want to study it :-)