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A

  • Afghanistan 🇦🇫

    • Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

    • The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

  • Albania 🇦🇱

    • Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

    • Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones

  • Algeria 🇩🇿

    • A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi

    • Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar

  • Andorra 🇦🇩

    • Death Has a Thousand Doors by Patricia Grey

    • The Gravedigger’s Son by Teresa Colom

  • Angola 🇦🇴

  • Antarctica 🇦🇶

    • Chasing the Light by Jesse Blackadder

  • Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬

    • Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

  • Argentina 🇦🇷

    • Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

    • Time of the Flies by Claudia Piñeiro

    • Eartheater by Dolores Reyes

    • Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

    • Eva Perón: A Biography by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

  • Armenia 🇦🇲

    • My Grandmother by Fethiye Çetin

    • Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

  • Australia 🇦🇺

    • Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

  • Austria 🇦🇹

    • I Belong to Vienna: A Jewish Family's Story of Exile and Return by Anna Goldenberg

    • The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

  • Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

    • Days in the Caucasus by Banine

    • The Orphan Sky by Ella Leya

B

  • Bahamas 🇧🇸

    • Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

  • Bahrain 🇧🇭

    • The Pearl Thief by Noor Al Noaimi

    • Yummah by Sarah A. Al Shafei

  • Bangladesh 🇧🇩

    • A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

    • Revenge: A Fable by Taslima Nasrin

  • Barbados 🇧🇧

    • The Burning Bush Women and Other Stories by Cherie Jones

    • How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

    • Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord

  • Belarus 🇧🇾

    • Down Among the Fishes by Natalka Babina

    • The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich

  • Belgium 🇧🇪

    • Hygiene and the Assassin by Amélie Nothomb

    • I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

    • Real Life by Adeline Dieudonné

    • A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe

    • The Melting by Lize Spit

  • Belize 🇧🇿

    • Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell

  • Benin 🇧🇯

    • Voice of the Two Shores by Agnès Agboton

    • Autobiography of the Lower East Side by Rashidah Ismaili

    • Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music by Angelique Kidjo

  • Bhutan 🇧🇹

    • Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden

    • The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden

    • Treasures of the Thunder Dragon by Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck

  • Bolivia 🇧🇴

    • Sleeping Dragons by Magela Baudoin

    • Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦

    • Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris

  • Botswana 🇧🇼

    • Far and beyon' by Unity Dow

    • Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng

  • Brazil 🇧🇷

    • The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

  • Brunei 🇧🇳

    • The Fisherman King by Kathrina Mohd Daud

  • Bulgaria 🇧🇬

    • Everything Happens as It Does by Albena Stambolova

    • Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova

  • Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

    • So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo

  • Burundi 🇧🇮

    • Weep Not, Refugee by Marie‑Thérèse Toyi

C

  • Cabo Verde 🇨🇻

    • The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salústio

  • Cambodia 🇰🇭

    • In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

    • First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

  • Cameroon 🇨🇲

    • How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

  • Canada 🇨🇦

    • Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

    • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

    • Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

    • Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

  • Central African Republic 🇨🇫

    • Co‑Wives, Co‑Widows by Adrienne Yabouza

  • Chad 🇹🇩

    • Al-Istifakh or the Romance of My Friends by Marie-Christine Koundja

    • The Payment by Deborah Melom Ndjerareou

  • Chile 🇨🇱

    • The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández

    • The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

  • China 🇨🇳

    • Wild Swans by Jung Chang

    • River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

  • Colombia 🇨🇴

    • Abyss by Pilar Quintana

  • Comoros 🇰🇲

    • The Fire Within by Touhfat Mouhtare

  • Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) 🇨🇬

    • Two Poems by Marie-Léontine Tsibinda

  • Costa Rica 🇨🇷

    • The Madwoman of Gandoca by Anacristina Rossi

    • Disobedience by Julieta Pinto

  • Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮

    • Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet

  • Croatia 🇭🇷

    • Café Europa by Slavenka Drakulić

    • Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić

  • Cuba 🇨🇺

    • Broken Paradise by Cecilia Samartin

    • The Weasel and The Whore by Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas

  • Cyprus 🇨🇾

    • Songbirds by Christy Lefteri

    • Between the Orange Groves by Nadia Marks

  • Czechia (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

    • Under a Cruel Star by Heda Margolius Kovály

    • Gerta by Kateřina Tučková

D

  • Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) 🇨🇩

    • How Dare The Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyiman

  • Denmark 🇩🇰

    • The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

  • Djibouti 🇩🇯

    • Les enfants du khat by Mouna-Hodan Ahmed

    • Saving Safa: Rescuing a Little Girl from FGM by Waris Dirie

  • Dominica 🇩🇲

    • Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

    • Island Man: A Novel by Joanne Skerrett

  • Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

    • Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

    • Dominicana by Angie Cruz

    • In the Time of the Butterflies: A Novel by Julia Alvarez

E

  • Ecuador 🇪🇨

    • Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero

    • Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

  • Egypt 🇪🇬

    • The Open Door by Laila Al Zayyat

    • Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

  • El Salvador 🇸🇻

    • They won't take me alive by Claribel Alegría

    • Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández

  • Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

    • La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

  • Eritrea 🇪🇷

    • Heart of Fire by Senait Mehari

    • My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Pool

  • Estonia 🇪🇪

    • Purge by Sofi Oksanen

  • Eswatini 🇸🇿

    • When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn

  • Ethiopia 🇪🇹

    • The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

F

  • Fiji 🇫🇯

    • A Remarkable Rotuman Woman by Jacinta Tonga

    • Stories We Come With by Shazia Usman

    • A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

  • Finland 🇫🇮

    • The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

    • Things that Fall From the Sky by Selja Ahava

  • France 🇫🇷

    • A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux

    • The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

    • The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

    • The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir

G

  • Gabon 🇬🇦

    • The Fury and Cries of Women by Angèle Rawiri

  • Gambia 🇬🇲

    • Reading the Ceiling by Dayo Forster

  • Georgia 🇬🇪

    • The Eighth Life (For Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili

  • Germany 🇩🇪

    • Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

    • Good Girl by Aria Aber

    • Higher Ground by Anke Stelling

  • Ghana 🇬🇭

    • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

  • Greece 🇬🇷

    • Come Close by Sappho

    • Why I Killed My Best Friend by Amanda Michalopoulou

  • Greenland 🇬🇱

    • Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

  • Grenada 🇬🇩

    • Angel by Merle Collins

    • Lady in a Boat by Merle Collins

  • Guatemala 🇬🇹

    • Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernández

    • I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta Menchú

  • Guinea 🇬🇳

    • My Heart Will Cross This Ocean by Kadiatou Diallo

  • Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼

    • Tiara by Filomena Embaló

  • Guyana 🇬🇾

    • Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo

    • The Far Away Girl by Sharon Maas

H

  • Haiti 🇭🇹

    • Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

  • Honduras 🇭🇳

    • Don’t Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado

  • Hong Kong SAR 🇭🇰

    • Jasmine Tea by Eileen Chang

  • Hungary 🇭🇺

    • The Door by Magda Szabó

I

  • Iceland 🇮🇸

    • Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

    • A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir

    • Karitas Untitled by Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir

  • India 🇮🇳

    • The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

  • Indonesia 🇮🇩

    • Saman by Ayu Utami

    • Maryam by Okky Madasari

  • Iran 🇮🇷

    • The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

    • The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

    • Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

    • Things We Left Unsaid by Zoya Pirzad

  • Iraq 🇮🇶

    • The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail

  • Ireland 🇮🇪

    • Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy

    • The Gathering by Anne Enright

    • The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

    • A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

  • Israel 🇮🇱

    • All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan

  • Italy 🇮🇹

    • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

    • The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

J

  • Jamaica 🇯🇲

    • How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

    • Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair

  • Japan 🇯🇵

    • The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

    • Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa

  • Jordan 🇯🇴

    • Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir

    • Voices of Jordan by Rana F. Sweis

K

  • Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

    • The Nanny by Aigul Kemelbayeva

    • The School by Zaure Batayeva

    • The Beskempir by Zira Naurzbayeva

    • To Hell with Poets by Baqytgul Sarmekova

  • Kenya 🇰🇪

    • Dust Yvonne by Adhiambo Owuor

  • Kiribati 🇰🇮

    • The last virgin in paradise by Vilsoni Hereniko and Teresia Teaiwa

    • Teaote and the Wall by Marita Davies

  • Kuwait 🇰🇼

    • An Unlasting Home by Al-Nakib, Mai

    • The Ringing Body by Fatima Yousef al-Ali

  • Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

    • An Orange Lemon by Alla Pyatibratova

L

  • Laos 🇱🇦

    • How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

  • Latvia 🇱🇻

    • Among the Living and the Dead: a Tale of Exile and Homecoming by Inara Verzemnieks

    • Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena

  • Lebanon 🇱🇧

    • The Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-Shaykh

    • One Thousand and One Nights (A new re-imagining) by Hanan Al-Shaykh

    • Always Coca-Cola by Alexandra Chreiteh

  • Lesotho 🇱🇸

    • Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya

  • Liberia 🇱🇷

    • The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper

    • Fugee by Hawa Jande Golakai

  • Libya 🇱🇾

    • ‘Melting Sun’ by Laila Neihoum

    • Fight or Flight by Heba Shibani

  • Liechtenstein 🇱🇮

    • Man wortet sich die Orte selbst (Wording the Places Oneself) by Iren Nigg

  • Lithuania 🇱🇹

    • Vilnius. Wilno. Vilna by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

    • Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiutė

    • Change is not just a hashtag by Žydrūnė Vitaitė

  • Luxembourg 🇱🇺

    • Tentative by Anna J Leader

M

  • Macau SAR 🇲🇴

    • Memories of Old Macau: The Story of My Childhood by Amy Lau

  • Madagascar 🇲🇬

    • But Your Eyes by Esther Nirina

  • Malawi 🇲🇼

    • Loves' dilemma by Walije Gondwe

    • I Still Miss Him by Walije Gondwe

    • Should Women be Educated by Emily Mkandawire

  • Malaysia 🇲🇾

    • The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

    • The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

  • Maldives 🇲🇻

    • Sleeping with the Enemy by Aminath Neena

  • Mali 🇲🇱

    • Go Ahead, Go Away by Fatoumata Keita

  • Malta 🇲🇹

    • The lives and deaths of K. Penza (Castillo) by Clare Azzopardi

  • Marshall Islands 🇲🇭

    • Iep Jāltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

  • Mauritania 🇲🇷

    • Poetry and I by Mbarka Mint al-Barra’

  • Mauritius 🇲🇺

    • Eve Out of her Ruins by Ananda Devi

    • Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

  • Mexico 🇲🇽

    • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

  • Micronesia 🇫🇲

    • My Urohs by Emelíhter Kihleng

  • Moldova 🇲🇩

    • The Woods Are Burning by Paula Erizanu

    • The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Tîbuleac

  • Monaco 🇲🇨

    • La Fêlure (The Crack) by Charlotte Casiraghi

  • Mongolia 🇲🇳

    • Mongol by Uuganaa Ramsay

    • The Green Eyed Lama by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Jeffrey Lester Falt

  • Montenegro 🇲🇪

    • Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knežević

  • Morocco 🇲🇦

    • Watch Us Dance by Leïla Slimani

    • The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

  • Mozambique 🇲🇿

    • Neighbours: The Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé

    • The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane

  • Myanmar (formerly Burma) 🇲🇲

    • Smile as they Bow by Nu Nu Yi

    • The Native Tourist: A Holiday Pilgrimage in Myanmar by Ma Thanegi

N

  • Namibia 🇳🇦

    • The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas

  • Nauru 🇳🇷

    • To Swim with Eels by Emelihter Kihleng

    • A Beautiful Prayer by Joanne Ekamdeiya Gobure

  • Nepal 🇳🇵

    • A flower in the midst of thorns by Jhamak Kumari Ghimire

    • Night by Sulochana Manandhar

  • Netherlands 🇳🇱

    • The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

    • The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

  • New Zealand 🇳🇿

    • Cousins by Patricia Grace

    • Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame

    • The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

  • Nicaragua 🇳🇮

    • The inhabited woman by Gioconda Belli

    • The Country Under My Skin by Gioconda Belli

  • Niger 🇳🇪

    • Drummed Poems by Songhay-Zarma Women of Niger by Fatima Mounkaïla

    • En attendant minuit by Adelle Barry

    • Le Déserteur by Hélène Kaziende

  • Nigeria 🇳🇬

    • My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

    • Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    • Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • North Korea 🇰🇵

    • The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee & David John

  • North Macedonia 🇲🇰

    • A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska

    • I’m Not Going Anywhere by Rumena Bužarovska

  • Norway 🇳🇴

    • Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

    • A Modern Family by Helga Flatland

O

  • Oman 🇴🇲

    • Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

P

  • Pakistan 🇵🇰

    • Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

    • Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa

  • Palau 🇵🇼

    • The Palauan Perspectives by Hermana Ramarui

  • Palestine State 🇵🇸

    • Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

  • Panama 🇵🇦

    • The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

  • Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

    • My Walk to Equality: Essays, Stories & Poetry by Papua New Guinean Women ed. Rashmii Amoah Bell

  • Paraguay 🇵🇾

    • Our Father Is Tired by Susy Delgado

  • Peru 🇵🇪

    • Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener

    • Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez

  • Philippines 🇵🇭

    • Dekada '70 by Lualhati Bautista

    • Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

    • How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria Ressa

    • Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

    • Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista

    • State of War by Ninotchka Rosca

  • Poland 🇵🇱

    • Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

    • Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

  • Portugal 🇵🇹

    • Empty Wardrobes Maria Judite Carvalho

Q

  • Qatar 🇶🇦

    • Fiery Curses by Noura Mohammad Faraj

    • The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria

R

  • Romania 🇷🇴

    • The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller

  • Russia 🇷🇺

    • In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova

  • Rwanda 🇷🇼

    • Kibongo by Scholastique Mukasonga

    • Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga

S

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳

    • Fool's Errand: Play in One Act by Eulalie Spence

  • Saint Lucia 🇱🇨

    • Silk Cotton and Other Trees by Hazel Simmons-Macdonald

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨

    • Shape of a Warrior by Peggy Carr

  • Samoa 🇼🇸

    • Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel

  • San Marino 🇸🇲

    • The Tram Journey by Milena Ercolani

  • Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇹

    • Petty Tyrants by Conceição Lima

  • Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

    • Sarab by Raja Alem

    • Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

  • Senegal 🇸🇳

    • So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

  • Serbia 🇷🇸

    • The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

  • Seychelles 🇸🇨

    • Islands of Pearl by Marie Flora Ben David Nourrice

    • Labour of Love by Marie Flora Ben David Nourrice

  • Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

    • Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna

    • The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

  • Singapore 🇸🇬

    • How We Disappeared by Jing Jing Lee

    • Fistful of Colours by Suchen Christine Lim

    • Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal

  • Slovakia 🇸🇰

    • The Equestrienne by Uršuľa Kovalyk

    • Seeing People Off/Café Hyena by Jana Beňová

  • Slovenia 🇸🇮

    • Angel of Oblivion by Maja Haderlap

  • Solomon Islands 🇸🇧

    • Poems from the Solomon Islands by Jully Makini

  • Somalia 🇸🇴

    • The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed

    • Desert Flower by Waris Dirie

  • South Africa 🇿🇦

    • The Book of Happenstance by Ingrid Winterbach

    • Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings

  • South Korea 🇰🇷

    • The Vegetarian by Han Kang

    • Kim Jiyoung, born 1985 by Cho Nam-joo

  • South Sudan 🇸🇸

    • Withered Flowers by Stella Gaitano

  • Spain 🇪🇸

    • When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solá

  • Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

    • Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan

  • Sudan 🇸🇩

    • Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela

    • River Spirit by Leila Aboulela

  • Suriname 🇸🇷

    • The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia Mcleod

  • Sweden 🇸🇪

    • Punished by Ann-Helén Laestadius

  • Switzerland 🇨🇭

    • Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy

  • Syria 🇸🇾

    • Bint el-Balad by Nour Malas

T

  • Tajikistan 🇹🇯

    • The City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shahidi

  • Taiwan 🇹🇼

    • Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

    • An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

  • Tanzania 🇹🇿

    • Stains on my Khanga by Sandra Aikaruwa Mushi

    • The Tanganyika way by Sophia Mustafa

  • Thailand 🇹🇭

    • Bright by Duanwad Pimwana

    • Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana

  • Timor-Leste 🇹🇱

    • From Timor Leste to Australia by Jan Trezise

  • Togo 🇹🇬

    • Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja and Layli Miller Bashir

  • Tonga 🇹🇴

    • Island Girl to Airplane Pilot by Silva McLeod

    • Kakala by Konai Helu Thaman

  • Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

    • The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini

  • Tunisia 🇹🇳

    • A Calamity of Noble Houses by Amira Ghenim

    • The Way to Poppy Street by Rachida el-Charni

    • Time’s Running Out for Scheherazade by Fawzia Zouari

    • Colette Fellous by This Tilting World

  • Turkey 🇹🇷

    • There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

    • The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

  • Turkmenistan 🇹🇲

    • I Have Come Through Torments Within These Walls by Annasoltan Kekilova

  • Tuvalu 🇹🇻

    • Tusitala by Selina Tusitala Marsh

U

  • Uganda 🇺🇬

    • The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

  • Ukraine 🇺🇦

    • A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

  • United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

    • The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash

    • That Other Me by Maha Gargash

  • United Kingdom 🇬🇧

    • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

    • White Teeth by Zadie Smith

  • United States of America 🇺🇸

    • Beloved by Toni Morrison

  • Uruguay 🇺🇾

    • Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

  • Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

    • Mothersland by Shahzoda Nazarova Samarqandi

    • The Dancer from Khiva by Bibish

V

  • Vanuatu 🇻🇺

    • Black Stone by Grace Mera Molisa

    • Sista, Stanap Strong! : A Vanuatu Women's Anthology by Mikaela Newman and Rebecca Tobo Olin-Hossen

  • Vatican City 🇻🇦

    • The Vatican and Mussolini's Italy by Lucia Ceci

    • Vatican Daughter by Joni Marie Iraci

  • Venezuela 🇻🇪

    • Doña Inés vs Oblivion by Ana Teresa Torres

    • It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

  • Vietnam 🇻🇳

    • The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Y

  • Yemen 🇾🇪

    • Yemeni Women with Fighting Spirits by Amira Al Sharif

Z

  • Zambia 🇿🇲

    • The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

  • Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

    • This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

    • We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

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