5 Books for Women in Translation Month (WIT Month)

maren_218 Host

21 participants (166 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 (166 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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Odinskind by Siri Pettersen

Odinskind
The Raven Rings #1

Siri Pettersen with Dagmar Mißfeldt (Translator), Dagmar Lendt (Translator)

656 pages • paperback • 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Odinskind by Siri Pettersen

Odinskind

The Raven Rings #1

Siri Pettersen with Dagmar Mißfeldt (Translator), Dagmar Lendt (Translator)

656 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Xerox by Fien Veldman

Xerox
Fien Veldman with Maria Wördemann (Narrator), Christina Brunnenkamp (Translator)

6 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced

Xerox by Fien Veldman

Xerox

Fien Veldman with Maria Wördemann (Narrator), Christina Brunnenkamp (Translator)

6 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk with Peter Frost (Translator), Tiffany Ayalik (Narrator), Bernard Saladin d’Anglure (Translator)

5 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 1987 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel

Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk with Peter Frost (Translator), Tiffany Ayalik (Narrator), Bernard Saladin d’Anglure (Translator)

5 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 1987

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Meter pro Sekunde by Stine Pilgaard

Meter pro Sekunde
Stine Pilgaard with Caroline Peters (Narrator), Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (Translator)

5 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging funny informative medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging funny informative medium-paced

Meter pro Sekunde by Stine Pilgaard

Meter pro Sekunde

Stine Pilgaard with Caroline Peters (Narrator), Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (Translator)

5 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary literary challenging funny informative medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary challenging funny informative medium-paced

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica with Sarah Moses (Translator)

211 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica with Sarah Moses (Translator)

211 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced

Lempi, das heißt Liebe by Minna Rytisalo

Lempi, das heißt Liebe
Minna Rytisalo

224 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced

Lempi, das heißt Liebe by Minna Rytisalo

Lempi, das heißt Liebe

224 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced

Die Details by IA Genberg

Die Details
IA Genberg with Marion Elskis (Narrator), Stefan Pluschkat (Translator)

4 hours • audio • 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Die Details by IA Genberg

Die Details

IA Genberg with Marion Elskis (Narrator), Stefan Pluschkat (Translator)

4 hours • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Fair Play by Tove Jansson

Fair Play
Tove Jansson with Thomas Teal (Translator), Emma D'Arcy (Narrator)

2 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 1989 (editions) user-added

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary reflective slow-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary reflective slow-paced

Fair Play by Tove Jansson

Fair Play

Tove Jansson with Thomas Teal (Translator), Emma D'Arcy (Narrator)

2 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 1989 user-added

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary reflective slow-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary reflective slow-paced

So forsch, so furchtlos by Andrea Abreu

So forsch, so furchtlos
Andrea Abreu

3 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

So forsch, so furchtlos by Andrea Abreu

So forsch, so furchtlos

3 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal

The Impatient
Djaïli Amadou Amal with Emma Ramadan (Translator)

176 pages • digital • 2017 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal

The Impatient

Djaïli Amadou Amal with Emma Ramadan (Translator)

176 pages • digital • 2017

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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