Women around the World

beckarooni Host

13 participants (62 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
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Forever, Interrupted

Taylor Jenkins Reid

324 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

The Last Letter from Your Lover

Jojo Moyes

432 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone

The Friend Zone #1

Abby Jimenez

367 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Long Game by Elena Armas

The Long Game

Green Oak #1

Elena Armas

376 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Daydream by Hannah Grace

Daydream

Maple Hills #3

Hannah Grace

448 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan

Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel

Ruth Hogan

352 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Party by Robyn Harding

The Party

Robyn Harding

352 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

Roshani Chokshi

292 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

340 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced