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5 Books for Women in Translation Month (WIT Month)

maren_218 Host

21 participants (165 books)

01 Aug 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Try to read five (or more) WIT books for this year’s Women in Translation Month.

Unfortunately, women in translation are still underrepresented in literature. Women in Translation Month tries to combat this by celebrating books that were written and/or translated by women. It takes place every August.

5 Books for Women in Translation Month (WIT Month)

maren_218 Host

21 participants (165 books)

STARTS: 01 Aug 2025ENDS: 31 Aug 2025

Overview

Try to read five (or more) WIT books for this year’s Women in Translation Month.

Unfortunately, women in translation are still underrepresented in literature. Women in Translation Month tries to combat this by celebrating books that were written and/or translated by women. It takes place every August.

Challenge Books

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Aufzeichnungen eines Krokodils by Qiu Miaojin

Aufzeichnungen eines Krokodils
Qiu Miaojin with Hannah Lühmann (Contributor), Martina Hasse (Translator)

318 pages • paperback • 1994 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Aufzeichnungen eines Krokodils by Qiu Miaojin

Aufzeichnungen eines Krokodils

Qiu Miaojin with Hannah Lühmann (Contributor), Martina Hasse (Translator)

318 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi with Sherif Hetata

128 pages • paperback • 1975 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi with Sherif Hetata

128 pages • paperback • 1975

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Gabriel by George Sand

Gabriel
George Sand with Walburga Hülk (Contributor), Elsbeth Ranke (Translator)

171 pages • paperback • 1839 (editions)

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced

Gabriel by George Sand

Gabriel

George Sand with Walburga Hülk (Contributor), Elsbeth Ranke (Translator)

171 pages • paperback • 1839

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
Agustina Bazterrica with Sarah Moses (Translator)

154 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

Agustina Bazterrica with Sarah Moses (Translator)

154 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

An den Ufern von Stellata by Daniela Raimondi

An den Ufern von Stellata
Daniela Raimondi with Judith Schwaab (Translator), Simone Kabst (Narrator)

13 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced

fiction historical emotional medium-paced

An den Ufern von Stellata by Daniela Raimondi

An den Ufern von Stellata

Daniela Raimondi with Judith Schwaab (Translator), Simone Kabst (Narrator)

13 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction historical emotional medium-paced

fiction historical emotional medium-paced

Der Gott des Gemetzels by Yasmina Reza

Der Gott des Gemetzels
Yasmina Reza with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (Translator), Frank Heibert (Translator)

80 pages • digital • 2007 (editions)

fiction play funny tense fast-paced

fiction play funny tense fast-paced

Der Gott des Gemetzels by Yasmina Reza

Der Gott des Gemetzels

Yasmina Reza with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (Translator), Frank Heibert (Translator)

80 pages • digital • 2007

fiction play funny tense fast-paced

fiction play funny tense fast-paced

Der Zopf by Laetitia Colombani

Der Zopf
Laetitia Colombani with Claudia Marquardt (Translator)

288 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Der Zopf by Laetitia Colombani

Der Zopf

Laetitia Colombani with Claudia Marquardt (Translator)

288 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Sibiro haiku by Jurga Vilė

Sibiro haiku
Jurga Vilė with Lina Itagaki (Illustrator)

237 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction graphic novel historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

Sibiro haiku by Jurga Vilė

Sibiro haiku

Jurga Vilė with Lina Itagaki (Illustrator)

237 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction graphic novel historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction graphic novel historical dark emotional sad medium-paced

Swanfolk by Kristín Ómarsdóttir

Swanfolk
Kristín Ómarsdóttir with Vala Thorodds (Translator)

320 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary magical realism adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary magical realism adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Swanfolk by Kristín Ómarsdóttir

Swanfolk

Kristín Ómarsdóttir with Vala Thorodds (Translator)

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction dystopian literary magical realism adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary magical realism adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Vita Nostra
Vita Nostra #1

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey (Translator)

416 pages • digital • 2007 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Vita Nostra

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko with Julia Meitov Hersey (Translator)

416 pages • digital • 2007

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

fiction fantasy science fiction challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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