> what did you expect them to do? Include foreign books that their English readers can't read?
I've spotted few translated books in this list, so I don't see why this is a problem.
>And no, just because a non-English book is great and worth reading does not automatically confer that same status onto an English translation based upon that book.
I disagree, I think good translations are pretty much transparent. Substance matters more.
(And no, just because a non-English book is great and worth reading does not automatically confer that same status onto an English translation based upon that book.)