Women around the World

beckarooni Host

14 participants (75 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

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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
Виновен by Канаэ Минато, Kanae Minato

Виновен

Канаэ Минато, Kanae Minato

317 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Магазинчик Времени by Ким Сонён

Магазинчик Времени

Ким Сонён

256 pages • hardcover user-added

fiction contemporary young adult
A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill

A Duke of a Time

The Wayward Woodvilles #1

Tamara Gill

181 pages • digital • 2022

fiction historical romance lighthearted fast-paced
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Victorian Psycho

Virginia Feito

208 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror mystery thriller dark funny tense fast-paced
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

The Six Deaths of the Saint

Into Shadow #3

Alix E. Harrow

30 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy short stories dark emotional fast-paced
Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

Lies We Sing to the Sea

Sarah Underwood

420 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Rosarita by Anita Desai

Rosarita

Anita Desai

112 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced