Women around the World

beckarooni Host

13 participants (61 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 books that are either 1)Translated works by women, i.e. originally published in a language other than your own 2)books by women from countries other than your own, and/or 3)Stories about a Female main character(s) in another country that is also written by a woman. I will personally be reading a lot of books placed in or by authors in India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and a few other North African countries. Works by Nonbinary, gendernonconforming, and genderexpansive writers and characters are welcome to be included in this challenge if you would like. The goal is not to further exclude by only including a specific definition of "women" but to decenter men in foreign written works. If you think something else may apply, just use your personal discernment! For example, some books written by an indigenous Native American woman might be valid to apply based on its additional perspective outside of our mainstream white-centered culture. To not would also be ignorant to the reality of transboundary indigenous identities and their place here long before country borders. Please join if this interests you!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

The Unworthy

Agustina Bazterrica

177 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction dystopian horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga

The Barefoot Woman

Scholastique Mukasonga

152 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction biography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

Flowers of Fire

Hawon Jung

373 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction feminism challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • hardcover • 1994

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here

Samra Habib

220 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pink-Pilled: Women and the Far Right by Lois Shearing

Pink-Pilled: Women and the Far Right

Lois Shearing

279 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ politics dark informative medium-paced
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

The Summer Book

Tove Jansson

172 pages • paperback • 1972

fiction classics literary lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

173 pages • digital • 1995

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

835 pages • digital • 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Dream Harbor #1

Laurie Gilmore

384 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced