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Women around the World

beckarooni Host

14 participants (76 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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Rosarita by Anita Desai

Rosarita

Anita Desai

112 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
Brooklyn Heights by Miral al-Tahawy, Samah Selim

Brooklyn Heights

Miral al-Tahawy, Samah Selim

182 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero

Cat's People

Tanya Guerrero

304 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction literary medium-paced
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

490 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Confessions by Kanae Minato

Confessions

Kanae Minato

234 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

372 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

272 pages • digital • 2017

fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

248 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
February Flowers by Fan Wu

February Flowers

Fan Wu

242 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

The Sword of Kaigen

M.L. Wang

651 pages • digital • 2018

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced