The Bookstore Challenge 2022 - hosted by beckyramone

August - a book in translation written by a woman
It's Women in Translation Month for the wider book world and we're going along with it.
All books added
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa

Revenge

Yōko Ogawa

162 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

187 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Still Waters by Viveca Sten

Still Waters

Sandhamn Murders #1

Viveca Sten

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious medium-paced
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck

Go, Went, Gone

Jenny Erpenbeck

286 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó

9 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi

243 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

190 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy

The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3

Tove Ditlevsen

370 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced