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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
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan

My Oxford Year

Julia Whelan

329 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Escape to the French Farmhouse by Jo Thomas

Escape to the French Farmhouse

Jo Thomas

347 pages • digital • 2020

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
How to Keep a Secret by Sarah Morgan

How to Keep a Secret

Sarah Morgan

432 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary romance emotional slow-paced
Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

8 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

17 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

1 hour, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
회복하는 인간 = Convalescence by Han Kang, 전숭희, 한강

회복하는 인간 = Convalescence

Han Kang, 전숭희, 한강

89 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Вы найдете это в библиотеке by Митико Аояма

Вы найдете это в библиотеке

Митико Аояма

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

532 pages • paperback • 1847

fiction classics literary romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Человек-комбини by Саяка Мурата, Sayaka Murata

Человек-комбини

Саяка Мурата, Sayaka Murata

144 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced