5 Books for Women in Translation Month (WIT Month)

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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. 

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Osnabrück Station to Jerusalem by Hélène Cixous

Osnabrück Station to Jerusalem

Hélène Cixous

144 pages • hardcover • 1999

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Insel der verlorenen Erinnerung by Yōko Ogawa

Insel der verlorenen Erinnerung

Yōko Ogawa

352 pages • hardcover • 1994

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Die Tochter des Bildhauers by Tove Jansson

Die Tochter des Bildhauers

Tove Jansson

3 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 1968 user-added

nonfiction memoir short stories lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Nicht ich by Zeruya Shalev

Nicht ich

Zeruya Shalev

208 pages • hardcover

fiction contemporary literary
Diese brennende Leere by Jorge Comensal

Diese brennende Leere

Jorge Comensal

10 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2022 user-added

fiction dystopian science fiction