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5 Books for Women in Translation Month (WIT Month)

maren_218 Host

21 participants (163 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 (163 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

All books added

The Colony by Annika Norlin

The Colony
Annika Norlin with Alice E. Olsson (Translator)

422 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Colony by Annika Norlin

The Colony

Annika Norlin with Alice E. Olsson (Translator)

422 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall
Marlen Haushofer with Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

239 pages • paperback • 1963 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer with Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

239 pages • paperback • 1963

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

The Emissary
Yōko Tawada with Margaret Mitsutani (Translator)

138 pages • paperback • 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction reflective slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary science fiction reflective slow-paced

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

The Emissary

Yōko Tawada with Margaret Mitsutani (Translator)

138 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction dystopian literary science fiction reflective slow-paced

fiction dystopian literary science fiction reflective slow-paced

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

268 pages • paperback • 2009 (editions)

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

268 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

On the Clock by Claire Baglin

On the Clock
Claire Baglin with Jordan Stump (Translator)

176 pages • paperback • 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary reflective fast-paced

On the Clock by Claire Baglin

On the Clock

Claire Baglin with Jordan Stump (Translator)

176 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary reflective fast-paced

fiction contemporary reflective fast-paced

Die Verlobten des Winters by Christelle Dabos

Die Verlobten des Winters
The Mirror Visitor #1

Christelle Dabos

535 pages • hardcover • 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Die Verlobten des Winters by Christelle Dabos

Die Verlobten des Winters

The Mirror Visitor #1

Christelle Dabos

535 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

Cold Nights of Childhood
Tezer Özlü with Maureen Freely (Translator), Ayşegül Savaş (Contributor)

96 pages • paperback • 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

Cold Nights of Childhood

Tezer Özlü with Maureen Freely (Translator), Ayşegül Savaş (Contributor)

96 pages • paperback • 1980

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán

Clean
Alia Trabucco Zerán with Silvana Kane (Narrator), Sophie Hughes (Translator)

6 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán

Clean

Alia Trabucco Zerán with Silvana Kane (Narrator), Sophie Hughes (Translator)

6 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

320 pages • paperback • 2022 (editions)

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

320 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang

Jumpnauts
Hao Jingfang

432 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced

Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang

Jumpnauts

432 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced

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