Novels featuring language professionals

Description
Novels featuring language professionals: linguists, translators, interpreters, language teachers, etc.
1
That Hideous Strength
by C. S. Lewis
8,342 members
88 reviews
3.8
4 Members
cpg, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
2
Native Tongue
by Suzette Haden Elgin
1,128 members
30 reviews
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Centers on a "clan" of linguists and interpreters
3
Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
8,861 members
106 reviews
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
4
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
by Alexander McCall Smith
1,452 members
51 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
Dilara86, spiphany, JuliaMaria, ahef1963
5
Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
11,078 members
164 reviews
3.8
3 Members
cpg, cej1027, ahef1963
6
Perlmann's Silence
by Pascal Mercier
326 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
spiphany, JuliaMaria, bluepiano
7
Babel-17
by Samuel R. Delany
2,664 members
85 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
8
A Heart So White
by Javier Marías
1,973 members
57 reviews
4.1
3 Members
thorold, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
thorold: Narrator is an interpreter; lots of philosophical speculation about how meaning is tied to language.
9
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
7,749 members
407 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Main character is a linguist
10
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
6,434 members
194 reviews
3
3 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
Dilara86: French high school teacher
11
Goodbye to Berlin
by Christopher Isherwood
2,118 members
49 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
Explanations
thorold: Young man trying to make a living as an English teacher in Berlin
12
Melmoth
by Sarah Perry
950 members
72 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Guild of Xenolinguists
by Sheila Finch
80 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
14
The Translator
by Leila Aboulela
381 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
15
Metropole
by Ferenc Karinthy
437 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Dilara86, bluepiano
16
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
by R. F. Kuang
4,878 members
113 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
Explanations
Dilara86: translators, interpreters, teachers, linguists...
17
The Judas Rose
by Suzette Haden Elgin
403 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
18
Ancillary Sword
by Ann Leckie
3,006 members
177 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
19
Embassytown
by China Miéville
3,425 members
215 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
20
Translation is a Love Affair
by Jacques Poulin
133 members
19 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
21
An Unnecessary Woman
by Rabih Alameddine
1,258 members
85 reviews
4
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
Dilara86: Translator
22
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
1,675 members
70 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
23
The Translator
by John Crowley
478 members
11 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
24
Memoirs of a Spacewoman
by Naomi Mitchison
314 members
10 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
25
Girl in Ice
by Erica Ferencik
247 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
The Last of the Vostyachs
by Diego Marani
65 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
27
The Scar
by China Miéville
5,026 members
126 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
28
Uhura's Song
by Janet Kagan
905 members
17 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
29
The Mission Song
by John le Carré
2,533 members
53 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Main character is an interpreter for central African languages
30
The Antiquarian
by Gustavo (ed.) Faverón Patriau
91 members
5 reviews
3.1
Member
bluepiano
31
The Dresden Green
by Nicolas Freeling
64 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Crime story: main character is an interpreter in an international organisation in Strasbourg
32
King of the sea
by Derek Bickerton
13 members
½ 2.5
Member
aulsmith
33
Night Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier
3,099 members
103 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Main character is a Swiss classics teacher who teaches himself Portuguese
34
The Athenian Murders
by José Carlos Somoza
774 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: One of the protagonists is a translator
35
Gaijin on the Ginza: A Novel
by James Kirkup
6 members
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: gay English language teacher/translator in Tokyo
36
Assommons les pauvres !
by Shumona Sinha
37 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Interpreter
37
Demolishing Babel
by Michael Carson
19 members
½ 2.7
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: comedy about EFL teachers
38
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō
3,815 members
101 reviews
4
Member
Dilara86
39
Tomcat in Love
by Tim O'Brien
705 members
14 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
40
The File on H.
by Ismaîl Kadaré
332 members
14 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
41
Day In Day Out
by Terézia Mora
114 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
42
The Grasshopper King
by Jordan Ellenberg
54 members
1 review
3.1
Member
spiphany
43
The Interpreter
by Natascha Wodin
14 members
2
Member
spiphany
44
Earthsong
by Suzette Haden Elgin
265 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
45
Fate of Ravens
by Tiina Nunnally
19 members
1 review
3.8
Member
Dilara86
46
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst
2,928 members
117 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
47
The Full Catastrophe
by David Carkeet
116 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
48
Les villes de la plaine
by Diane Meur
11 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
49
Celestis
by Paul Park
177 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
Dilara86
50
Under Western Eyes
by Joseph Conrad
1,890 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
51
The Sound of Language: A Novel
by Amulya Malladi
122 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
52
Double Negative
by David Carkeet
300 members
9 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
53
Alphabet of Thorn
by Patricia A. McKillip
1,281 members
46 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
54
The Bug
by Ellen Ullman
329 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
55
Dans le faisceau des vivants
by Valérie Zenatti
9 members
4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: The writer/narrator is Aharon Appelfeld's translator
56
Omnilingual [short story]
by H. Beam Piper
94 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
57
Butterflies in November
by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
317 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Translator
58
The interpreter
by Suzanne Glass
78 members
2 reviews
2.8
Member
Dilara86
59
The Interpreter
by Suki Kim
210 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
60
The Interpreter
by Brian W. Aldiss
271 members
7 reviews
2.8
Member
Dilara86
61
The Interpreter (Dedalus Europe)
by Diego Marani
30 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
62
Spring Tides
by Jacques Poulin
130 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Main character translates comic strips
63
Revenge of the Translator
by Brice Matthieussent
47 members
1 review
½ 2.6
Member
Dilara86
64
Te mawon
by Michael Roch
9 members
½ 2.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: translators/interpreters
65
Intimacies
by Katie Kitamura
637 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: interpreter
66
The Centre: A Novel
by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
173 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: translator
67
Translation State
by Ann Leckie
514 members
24 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
68
Guapa
by Saleem Haddad
217 members
9 reviews
4
Member
Dilara86
69
The Lies You Wrote
by Brianna Labuskes
78 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
70
The Interpreter
by Brooke Robinson
37 members
2 reviews
½ 2.6
Member
Dilara86
71
Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
by Lola Robles
29 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
72
Le Miroir de l'oubli
by Youri Rytkhèou
1 member
4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Russian<>Chukchi translator
73
L'égout
by Andrija Matic
4 members
½ 3.3
Member
Dilara86
74
In the Cut
by Susanna Moore
692 members
19 reviews
3.1
75
Bonsai
by Alejandro Zambra
396 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
76
The Detour
by Gerbrand Bakker
377 members
29 reviews
3.8
77
Ways to Disappear
by Idra Novey
336 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
78
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
by Dorthe Nors
279 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
79
The Godmother
by Hannelore Cayre
197 members
11 reviews
3.8
80
The Eye of the Queen
by Phillip Mann
158 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
81
Event Factory
by Renee Gladman
143 members
6 reviews
3.8
82
I am China
by Xiaolu Guo
141 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
83
Das war ich nicht
by Kristof Magnusson
90 members
4 reviews
4.1
84
Nine Island
by Jane Alison
83 members
14 reviews
3.8
85
Deux étés
by Erik Orsenna
70 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
86
A Distant Father
by Antonio Skármeta
53 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
87
Nevermore
by Cécile Wajsbrot
9 members
88
Tolmach
by Mikhail Gigolashvili
4 members
1 review
4
89
Überflüssige Menschen
by Gabriele Riedle
3 members