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the global women s library because it s a big wide world and the page count is enormous skip to content the global women s library because it s a big wide world and the page count is enormous the full book list 6th oct 2026 barbados how the one armed sister sweeps her house by cherie jones a novel which follows a cast of interconnected characters living between the poorest and most affluent areas of barbados collectively following them down into an unavoidable tragic descent continue reading books fiction novel 30th sep 2026 nepal tilled earth by manjushree thapa a collection of short stories focusing on nepal both within and outside of the political system looking at the ways in which people connect with and disconnect from their own lives in a nation that s exponentially expanding in ways they can t control continue reading books fiction short stories 30th sep 2026 uganda manchester happened by jennifer nansubuga makumbi 12 stories about the ugandan diaspora in the uk looking at themes of returning and departing and asking whether it s ever really possible to leave somewhere entirely or indeed to arrive continue reading books fiction short stories 17th aug 2026 10 books to read for women in translation month 2026 in no particular order therefore here are 10 books that will take you all around the world for wit month 2026 continue reading lists global literature read the world wit month witmonth women in translation month 16th aug 2026 el salvador they have fired her again by claudia hernández an immersive polyphonic novella about a central american immigrant in new york who loses her job and needs to find both a method and a reason to stay in the us continue reading books fiction novella short stories 30th apr 2026 mexico reservoir bitches by dahlia de la cerda a collection of thirteen interlinked short stories following women who occupy various roles within contemporary mexican society highlighting their unapologetic rage in the fight against femicide and violence against women continue reading books fiction queer short stories 29th apr 2026 republic of the congo repatriation by ève guerra an ambitious novel following a french congolese woman s attempts to repatriate her father s body from cameroon confronting the truth about their relationship after a long period of estrangement continue reading books fiction novel 28th apr 2026 cuba the weasel and the whore by martha luisa hernández cadenas a novella which explores the violence of patriarchy in the late stages of cuba s castro regime in which a young bisexual playwright is forced into sex work to provide for her family continue reading books fiction novella queer 12th apr 2026 guyana writing on water by maggie harris a collection of short stories set between guyana and the uk followed by a brief epilogue about the author s childhood continue reading books fiction short stories 16th feb 2026 bulgaria she who remains by rene karabash a novella about a woman who takes the vow of a sworn virgin and must live as a man in order to escape a blood feud imposed on her by the kanun a series of ancient albanian laws continue reading books fiction novella queer next page about me i m anwen a writer from wales and reading is my only hobby that and eating crisps accordingly i ve spent the past few years embarking on the quest to read a book by a woman from every country plus a few territories in the world this blog will chart that progress the full list of books can be found here or you can navigate by this handy interactive map this reading journey and blog have been inspired by reading women worldwide as well as women writers worldwide both of whom began and completed this challenge long before me you can purchase here the world entire my small novella from 2016 retelling of the myth of medusa from her own perspective here in paperback form and here for kindle tumblr share icon instagram recent posts barbados how the one armed sister sweeps her house by cherie jones nepal tilled earth by manjushree thapa uganda manchester happened by jennifer nansubuga makumbi 10 books to read for women in translation month 2026 el salvador they have fired her again by claudia hernández subscribe type your email subscribe back thank you for your response name required email required message suggest a book submitting form δ create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed the global women s library sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy the global women s library view site in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar design a site like this with wordpress com get started